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Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Select 3 options. Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus. The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes. We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites. I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred. We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

          Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Select 3 options.
Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus.
The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred.
We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Select 3 options.
Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus.
The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.
We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.
I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred.
We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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Solved by Expert Rylie Howey

04/01/2022

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We need to identify which sentences correctly use hyphenated phrases. Hyphenation rules can vary, but generally, compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine are hyphenated, as are fractions used as adjectives. Show more…

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