Arithmetic Grade Four

Lesson Seventy-three: Comparing Fractions

Which is greater, 4/5 or 5/6? Look at the following illustration.
1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6
1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5

From this table we can see that 5/6 is greater than 4/5. Remember that cross-products make it quicker and easy to determine which of two fractions is the largest.

Here's another example: 

  
  (4x8=32)             (7x5=35)
           4         5
          ---   <   ---
           7         8
Now you get to try a few.

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