Find the following values without a calculator. Which is larger?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 39 or 49
- 56 or 511
(a)
When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the larger fraction is the one with the greater numerator.
49 is larger than
39.
(b)
When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the larger fraction is the one with the smaller denominator.
56 is larger than
511.
Answer(s):
49 ,
56