Is 2/4 greater than 1/4?

To compare two fractions, such as 2/4 and 1/4, 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 2/4 and 1/4 share the same common denominator (4), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 2 is larger than 4, we can conclude that 2/4 is greater than 1/4.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 2 divided by 4 is equal to 0.5
  2. 1 divided by 4 is equal to 0.25

Since 0.5 is larger than 0.25, it means that 2/4 is greater than 1/4.