Is 5/7 greater than 1/1?
To compare two fractions, such as 5/7 and 1/1, 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 1 × 7 = 7
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 7 × 1 = 7
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 5/7 = 5/7
- 1/1 = 7/7
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 5 is smaller than 7, we can conclude that 5/7 is less than 1/1.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 5 divided by 7 is equal to 0.71428571428571
- 1 divided by 1 is equal to 1
Since 0.71428571428571 is smaller than 1, it means that 5/7 is less than 1/1.