Find the following values without a calculator.
Which are the smaller values?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg
12,
23,
34,
45)
- 119 or 519
- 17 or 119
- 175 or 176
- 25 or 78
(a)
Since the denominator is same, the smaller.the numerator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
119 is smaller.
(b)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
119 is smaller.
(c)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
176 is smaller.
(d)
Make the denominators the same.
Since the denominator is same, the smaller.the numerator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
25 =
1640 78 =
354025 is smaller.
Answer(s):
119,
119,
176,
25