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Example Question #2 : Fractions
Which of the following fractions is the greatest?
The trick to this problem is to see that three of the choices have the numerator and denominator 3 units apart. The other two choices can be made three units apart as well- multiply both and by to get them to be and , respectively.
The trick is that once all fractions are the same units apart in denominator and numerator, the biggest number is the largest fraction.
Example Question #3 : How To Order Fractions From Least To Greatest Or From Greatest To Least
Order the following from least to greatest: three-fifths, seven-eighths, 0.5, sixteen-eighteenths, 97%, 17-fifths.
, three-fifths, seven-eighths, sixteen-eighteenths, -fifths,
, three-fifths, seven-eighths, sixteen-eighteenths, , -fifths
, , three-fifths, seven-eighths, sixteen-eighteenths, -fifths
three-fifths, , , seven-eighths, sixteen-eighteenths, -fifths
, three-fifths, sixteen-eighteenths, seven-eighths, , -fifths
, three-fifths, seven-eighths, sixteen-eighteenths, , -fifths
We need to order: three fifths, seven eights, 0.5, sixteen eighteenths, 97%, seventeen fifths.
Let us re-write each as a fraction: , , , , , and . We can now easily order these:
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