Is 1/8 greater than 4/8?

To compare two fractions, such as 1/8 and 4/8, 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 1/8 and 4/8 share the same common denominator (8), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 1 is smaller than 8, we can conclude that 1/8 is less than 4/8.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 1 divided by 8 is equal to 0.125
  2. 4 divided by 8 is equal to 0.5

Since 0.125 is smaller than 0.5, it means that 1/8 is less than 4/8.