Is 5/5 greater than 4/1?
To compare two fractions, such as 5/5 and 4/1, 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
- Multiply the numerator of the first fraction with the denominator of the second fraction: 5 × 1 = 5
- Multiply the numerator of the second fraction with the denominator of the first fraction 4 × 5 = 20
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 5 × 1 = 5
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 5/5 = 5/5
- 4/1 = 20/5
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 5 is smaller than 20, we can conclude that 5/5 is less than 4/1.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 5 divided by 5 is equal to 1
- 4 divided by 1 is equal to 4
Since 1 is smaller than 4, it means that 5/5 is less than 4/1.