Is 1/5 greater than 9/1?
To compare two fractions, such as 1/5 and 9/1, 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
- Multiply the numerator of the first fraction with the denominator of the second fraction: 1 × 1 = 1
- Multiply the numerator of the second fraction with the denominator of the first fraction 9 × 5 = 45
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 5 × 1 = 5
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 1/5 = 1/5
- 9/1 = 45/5
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 1 is smaller than 45, we can conclude that 1/5 is less than 9/1.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 1 divided by 5 is equal to 0.2
- 9 divided by 1 is equal to 9
Since 0.2 is smaller than 9, it means that 1/5 is less than 9/1.