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Every pairing of the common sixteenths and eighths, added exactly, with the common-denominator work shown. The arithmetic a decimal calculator fumbles.
120 sums
1/16" + 1/16" · 0-1/8"1/16" + 1/8" · 0-3/16"1/16" + 3/16" · 0-1/4"1/16" + 1/4" · 0-5/16"1/16" + 5/16" · 0-3/8"1/16" + 3/8" · 0-7/16"1/16" + 7/16" · 0-1/2"1/16" + 1/2" · 0-9/16"1/16" + 9/16" · 0-5/8"1/16" + 5/8" · 0-11/16"1/16" + 11/16" · 0-3/4"1/16" + 3/4" · 0-13/16"1/16" + 13/16" · 0-7/8"1/16" + 7/8" · 0-15/16"1/16" + 15/16" · 1"1/8" + 1/8" · 0-1/4"1/8" + 3/16" · 0-5/16"1/8" + 1/4" · 0-3/8"1/8" + 5/16" · 0-7/16"1/8" + 3/8" · 0-1/2"1/8" + 7/16" · 0-9/16"1/8" + 1/2" · 0-5/8"1/8" + 9/16" · 0-11/16"1/8" + 5/8" · 0-3/4"1/8" + 11/16" · 0-13/16"1/8" + 3/4" · 0-7/8"1/8" + 13/16" · 0-15/16"1/8" + 7/8" · 1"1/8" + 15/16" · 1-1/16"3/16" + 3/16" · 0-3/8"3/16" + 1/4" · 0-7/16"3/16" + 5/16" · 0-1/2"3/16" + 3/8" · 0-9/16"3/16" + 7/16" · 0-5/8"3/16" + 1/2" · 0-11/16"3/16" + 9/16" · 0-3/4"3/16" + 5/8" · 0-13/16"3/16" + 11/16" · 0-7/8"3/16" + 3/4" · 0-15/16"3/16" + 13/16" · 1"3/16" + 7/8" · 1-1/16"3/16" + 15/16" · 1-1/8"1/4" + 1/4" · 0-1/2"1/4" + 5/16" · 0-9/16"1/4" + 3/8" · 0-5/8"1/4" + 7/16" · 0-11/16"1/4" + 1/2" · 0-3/4"1/4" + 9/16" · 0-13/16"1/4" + 5/8" · 0-7/8"1/4" + 11/16" · 0-15/16"1/4" + 3/4" · 1"1/4" + 13/16" · 1-1/16"1/4" + 7/8" · 1-1/8"1/4" + 15/16" · 1-3/16"5/16" + 5/16" · 0-5/8"5/16" + 3/8" · 0-11/16"5/16" + 7/16" · 0-3/4"5/16" + 1/2" · 0-13/16"5/16" + 9/16" · 0-7/8"5/16" + 5/8" · 0-15/16"5/16" + 11/16" · 1"5/16" + 3/4" · 1-1/16"5/16" + 13/16" · 1-1/8"5/16" + 7/8" · 1-3/16"5/16" + 15/16" · 1-1/4"3/8" + 3/8" · 0-3/4"3/8" + 7/16" · 0-13/16"3/8" + 1/2" · 0-7/8"3/8" + 9/16" · 0-15/16"3/8" + 5/8" · 1"3/8" + 11/16" · 1-1/16"3/8" + 3/4" · 1-1/8"3/8" + 13/16" · 1-3/16"3/8" + 7/8" · 1-1/4"3/8" + 15/16" · 1-5/16"7/16" + 7/16" · 0-7/8"7/16" + 1/2" · 0-15/16"7/16" + 9/16" · 1"7/16" + 5/8" · 1-1/16"7/16" + 11/16" · 1-1/8"7/16" + 3/4" · 1-3/16"7/16" + 13/16" · 1-1/4"7/16" + 7/8" · 1-5/16"7/16" + 15/16" · 1-3/8"1/2" + 1/2" · 1"1/2" + 9/16" · 1-1/16"1/2" + 5/8" · 1-1/8"1/2" + 11/16" · 1-3/16"1/2" + 3/4" · 1-1/4"1/2" + 13/16" · 1-5/16"1/2" + 7/8" · 1-3/8"1/2" + 15/16" · 1-7/16"9/16" + 9/16" · 1-1/8"9/16" + 5/8" · 1-3/16"9/16" + 11/16" · 1-1/4"9/16" + 3/4" · 1-5/16"9/16" + 13/16" · 1-3/8"9/16" + 7/8" · 1-7/16"9/16" + 15/16" · 1-1/2"5/8" + 5/8" · 1-1/4"5/8" + 11/16" · 1-5/16"5/8" + 3/4" · 1-3/8"5/8" + 13/16" · 1-7/16"5/8" + 7/8" · 1-1/2"5/8" + 15/16" · 1-9/16"11/16" + 11/16" · 1-3/8"11/16" + 3/4" · 1-7/16"11/16" + 13/16" · 1-1/2"11/16" + 7/8" · 1-9/16"11/16" + 15/16" · 1-5/8"3/4" + 3/4" · 1-1/2"3/4" + 13/16" · 1-9/16"3/4" + 7/8" · 1-5/8"3/4" + 15/16" · 1-11/16"13/16" + 13/16" · 1-5/8"13/16" + 7/8" · 1-11/16"13/16" + 15/16" · 1-3/4"7/8" + 7/8" · 1-3/4"7/8" + 15/16" · 1-13/16"15/16" + 15/16" · 1-7/8"
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