Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 47 or 17
- 310 or 311
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
17 is smaller than
47.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
311 is smaller than
310.
Answer(s):
17,
311