Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 1112 or 812
- 15 or 18
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
812 is smaller than
1112.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
18 is smaller than
15.
Answer(s):
812,
18