1/4 of a mile is equalivalent to four sixteenths of a mile so 1 1/4 mile is longer than 1 3/16 mile.
three sixteenths
It is three sixteenths.
one fourth is bigger, and it is bigger by one sixteenth.
One quarter is greater than three sixteenths, therefore, a quarter mile is greater than 3/16 miles.
Three eighths is the same as six sixteenths - half of six sixteenths is three sixteenths
two sixteenths; or 1/8 th.
seven sixteenths
Three sixteenths
Instead of "a half", write "eight sixteenths". That doesn't change the value of any numbers, but it makes it a lot easier to subtract the three sixteenths from the eight sixteenths.
Three sixteenths (3/16) in decimal form is 0.1875
8 8/16 or eight and eight sixteenths
One quarter is 1/4 = 4/16 and three sixteenths is 3/16, so one quarter is greater than three sixteenths