Question

13. Fractional parts of the rectangles below have been

shaded.

Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3

Which rectangle best represents the decimal 0.583?

Answer 1

Figure 4: 8/12 - 0.666666
Figure 3: 5/12 - 0.4166666
Figure 2: 7/12 - 0.5833333
Figure 1: 6/12 - 0.5

So the answer is Figure 2, because it is the neariest to 0.583 (or it is, if they mean infinite number).