Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 712 or 212
- 58 or 512
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
212 is smaller than
712.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
512 is smaller than
58.
Answer(s):
212,
512