Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 89 or 29
- 28 or 210
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
29 is smaller than
89.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
210 is smaller than
28.
Answer(s):
29,
210