Examples of 'about one-sixth' in a sentence

Meaning of "about one-sixth"

about one-sixth - This phrase indicates a proportion or fraction that represents approximately one out of six equal parts

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About one-sixth of all firms are affected by this.
This explosion destroyed about one-sixth of the city.
About one-sixth of stolen vehicles are never recovered.
It supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the state.
About one-sixth of the federal budget goes to military spending.
The heat in question was travelling at a speed about one-sixth the velocity of light.
In juveniles about one-sixth of the base is toothless.
By even distribution, each number should be rolled about one-sixth of the time, he added.
That is about one-sixth as much as some earlier estimates.
The world 's biggest trading bloc will lose about one-sixth of its economic output.
About one-sixth the weight of a human is dry carbon.
Exports and related services accounted for about one-sixth of income in the decade before revolution.
Only about one-sixth of the human eyeball is exposed to the outside world.
Human embryos have a tail that measures about one-sixth of the size of the embryo itself.
About one-sixth of baby boomers expect to go into business for themselves at some point.

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China contributes about one-sixth of all lending to Africa.
About one-sixth of American Jews maintain kosher dietary standards.
The alleged evidence is about one-sixth the size of Earth.
Only about one-sixth of all women workers in Lowell walked out.
I am the federal representative for about one-sixth of the province of Alberta.
But now about one-sixth of the entire country is on Medicaid.
For comparison purposes, such a bandwidth correlates to about one-sixth the size of a decoded HDTV signal.
More worryingly, about one-sixth of cancers worldwide are attributable to infectious agents.
By even distribution, participants should roll each number about one-sixth of the time, he says.
The moon has about one-sixth the gravity of Earth.
Releases and transfers of these substances amounted to 189 million kg, about one-sixth of the total.
It supplies drinking water to about one-sixth of the population of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
About one-sixth of the 77 million people currently inactive would currently like to work.
Christianity predominates, and about one-sixth of the population is Anglican.
And about one-sixth of children and adolescents are already obese, Hershlag noted.
Due to its lower density, its mass is about one-sixth that of the Moon.
The dataset represents about one-sixth of the total mortgage activity for home purchases in Canada.
About one-sixth of the irrigated land in the U.S. is in the Central Valley.
Another 9.5 million watched it on television - about one-sixth of the population of France.
Overall, about one-sixth of housing units completed a long form.
In the end, about one-sixth of the maps had seals.
About one-sixth of U.S. federal spending goes to defense, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
In Europe it costs about one-sixth that amount - and the quality is far superior.
About one-sixth of ( US ) affiliates are subject to TRIMs.
It takes up about one-sixth of the eye, with the rest being opaque.
About one-sixth of rail accidents are main track collisions and derailments . Figure 2.2.
Today, about one-sixth of the entire country is on Medicaid.
Overall, about one-sixth of the world's protein is estimated to be provided by fish.

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