one sixteenth? but does it mean 116th? humm? Please help.
2007-07-31 21:20:59 · 8 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
So I have one sixteenth of a Russian blood?
2007-07-31 21:27:32 · update #1
1/16 is a fraction. It indicates that it is one part of 16 parts and you would say one sixteenth. You can say that you are one sixteenth Russian which says to me that one of your grandparents or one of your great grandparents came from Russia. Whether it is your grandparent or great grandparents depends upon how many nationalities are represented in your family.
2007-08-05 16:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a fraction, read as "one-sixteenth". A quarter of a quarter. Divide something up into sixteen parts, and take one of them. One way you could have "1/16 of Russian blood" is if you had a great-great-grandparent who was 100% Russian.
"116th" would read as "one hundred and sixteenth" which is an ordinal number (as is "first", "second", "third", etc.), not a fraction.
2007-07-31 22:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One sixteenth or a sixteenth are both correct ways of reading this. Definitely not 116th
2007-07-31 22:56:25 · answer #3 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you may have one sixteenth of Russian blood !!!
2007-08-05 08:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by Alina M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"one-sixteenth" could also be reported as 6 1/4% - "six and a quarter percent"
2007-08-01 04:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it means one sixteenth, not "the hundred and sixteenth"
and usually you'd say one sixteenth of a....
2007-07-31 21:25:26 · answer #6 · answered by joe the man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Joe is correct
2007-07-31 21:26:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can read it ,' one over sixteen'.
2007-08-06 07:59:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋