Find the following values without a calculator.
Which are the smaller values?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg
12,
23,
34,
45)
- 117 or 217
- 25 or 217
- 173 or 177
- 25 or 89
(a)
Since the denominator is same, the smaller.the numerator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
117 is smaller.
(b)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
217 is smaller.
(c)
Since the numerator is same, the smaller the denominator, the smaller.the value of the fraction.
177 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 =
1845 89 =
404525 is smaller.
Answer(s):
117,
217,
177,
25 
