Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 45 or 15
- 18 or 12
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
15 is smaller than
45.
(b)When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
18 is smaller than
12.
Answer(s):
15,
18