Find the following values without a calculator. Which is larger?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 212 or 512
- 1011 or 1012
(a)
When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the larger fraction is the one with the greater numerator.
512 is larger than
212.
(b)
When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the larger fraction is the one with the smaller denominator.
1011 is larger than
1012.
Answer(s):
512 ,
1011