Is 2/1 greater than 7/1?

To compare two fractions, such as 2/1 and 7/1, 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

Given that 2/1 and 7/1 share the same common denominator (1), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 2 is smaller than 1, we can conclude that 2/1 is less than 7/1.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 2 divided by 1 is equal to 2
  2. 7 divided by 1 is equal to 7

Since 2 is smaller than 7, it means that 2/1 is less than 7/1.