Is 1/4 greater than 5/4?

To compare two fractions, such as 1/4 and 5/4, there are two main common methods: the first one involves finding a common denominator, and the other one is to convert the fractions directly into decimal values.

1) Using the same denominator

Given that 1/4 and 5/4 share the same common denominator (4), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 1 is smaller than 4, we can conclude that 1/4 is less than 5/4.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 1 divided by 4 is equal to 0.25
  2. 5 divided by 4 is equal to 1.25

Since 0.25 is smaller than 1.25, it means that 1/4 is less than 5/4.