Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 38 or 28
- 810 or 811
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
28 is smaller than
38.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
811 is smaller than
810.
Answer(s):
28,
811