which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? select 3 options. over a - third of our class…

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.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  1. In "Over a - third of our class...", "a - third" is incorrect; it should be "a third".
  2. "one - sixteenth" in "The recipe only uses one - sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty - two cupcakes" is correct as it's a compound fraction. "thirty - two" is also correct as it's a compound number.
  3. In "We planted forty - two trees, but the twenty - two apple trees were my favorites", "forty - two" and "twenty - two" are correct compound numbers.
  4. In "I will be twenty - five years old the same year that my grandma is one - hundred", "twenty - five" is correct, but "one - hundred" should be "one hundred".
  5. "twenty - one" in "We had to memorize twenty - one verses, which was only one - half of the poem" is correct as a compound number, and "one - half" is correct as a compound fraction.

Answer:

  • 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.
  • We had to memorize twenty - one verses, which was only one - half of the poem.