Is 5/1 greater than 2/9?
To compare two fractions, such as 5/1 and 2/9, 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: 5 × 9 = 45
- Multiply the numerator of the second fraction with the denominator of the first fraction 2 × 1 = 2
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 1 × 9 = 9
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 5/1 = 45/9
- 2/9 = 2/9
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 45 is larger than 2, we can conclude that 5/1 is greater than 2/9.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 5 divided by 1 is equal to 5
- 2 divided by 9 is equal to 0.22222222222222
Since 5 is larger than 0.22222222222222, it means that 5/1 is greater than 2/9.