Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 611 or 211
- 1011 or 1012
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
211 is smaller than
611.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
1012 is smaller than
1011.
Answer(s):
211,
1012