Is 5/1 greater than 4/8?
To compare two fractions, such as 5/1 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
- Multiply the numerator of the first fraction with the denominator of the second fraction: 5 × 8 = 40
- Multiply the numerator of the second fraction with the denominator of the first fraction 4 × 1 = 4
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 1 × 8 = 8
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 5/1 = 40/8
- 4/8 = 4/8
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 40 is larger than 4, we can conclude that 5/1 is greater than 4/8.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 5 divided by 1 is equal to 5
- 4 divided by 8 is equal to 0.5
Since 5 is larger than 0.5, it means that 5/1 is greater than 4/8.