Expert: Lynn Houston - 9/20/2010

Question
I will just copy the question from the book.  Sabrina folded an 8 1/2  by 11 inch piece of paper in half.  The folded paper made a rectangle that was 8 1/2 inches by how many inces? How would you figure that?

Answer
Do you have a piece of paper from your printer (or a piece of notebook paper) and a ruler?  The easiest thing to do is get a piece of paper, fold it in half and then measure it.  This will give you a good visual of the problem.  If you don't have a piece of paper that size, then it is as simple as 11/2 or 5.5 inches