Find the following values without a calculator.
Which are the smaller values?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg
12,
23,
34,
45)
- 319 or 519
- 217 or 219
- 294 or 299
- 14 or 89
(a)
Since the denominator is same, the smaller.the numerator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
319 is smaller.
(b)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
219 is smaller.
(c)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
299 is smaller.
(d)
Make the denominators the same.
Since the denominator is same, the smaller.the numerator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
14 =
936 89 =
323614 is smaller.
Answer(s):
319,
219,
299,
14