Is 5/2 greater than 1/2?

To compare two fractions, such as 5/2 and 1/2, 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 5/2 and 1/2 share the same common denominator (2), the comparison is straightforward: we just have to check which numerator is the largest.

Since 5 is larger than 2, we can conclude that 5/2 is greater than 1/2.

2) Converting to decimal

We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:

  1. 5 divided by 2 is equal to 2.5
  2. 1 divided by 2 is equal to 0.5

Since 2.5 is larger than 0.5, it means that 5/2 is greater than 1/2.