Friday, April 20, 2012

Mental Maths (Comparison of Fractions) - Part 2

Model 5 : 

  • For a fraction Less than 1 :
  • If the difference between the numerator and the denominator is same then the fraction with the larger values of numerator and denominator will be the largest. Have a look at the following example.
  • Which of the following fractions is the largest?
    • (31/37), (23/29), (17/23), (35/41), (13/19) 
  • The difference between the numerator and the denominator of each fraction is 6.... So the fraction with the larger numerals i.e., 35/41 is the greatest and the fraction with smaller numerals i.e., 13/19 is the smallest.
  • For a fraction Greater than 1 :
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