Find the following values without a calculator. Which is smaller?
Give your answers in this manner. (Eg 1, 2)
- 811 or 111
- 48 or 49
(a) When comparing two fractions with like denominators, the smaller fraction is the one with the smaller numerator.
111 is smaller than
811.
(b) When comparing two fractions with like numerators, the smaller fraction is the one with the larger denominator.
49 is smaller than
48.
Answer(s):
111,
49