Is 3/1 greater than 8/1?

To compare two fractions, such as 3/1 and 8/1, 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 3/1 and 8/1 share the same common denominator (1), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 3 is smaller than 1, we can conclude that 3/1 is less than 8/1.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 3 divided by 1 is equal to 3
  2. 8 divided by 1 is equal to 8

Since 3 is smaller than 8, it means that 3/1 is less than 8/1.