Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 710 or 610
- 47 or 412
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
610 is smaller than
710.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
412 is smaller than
47.
Answer(s):
610,
412