Is 5/9 greater than 9/1?
To compare two fractions, such as 5/9 and 9/1, 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 9 × 9 = 81
- Multiply the denominators of both fractions together: 9 × 1 = 9
- Rewrite both fractions with the new common denominator:
- 5/9 = 5/9
- 9/1 = 81/9
With a common denominator, the comparison becomes much simpler.
Since 5 is smaller than 81, we can conclude that 5/9 is less than 9/1.
2) Converting to decimal
We can also simply convert the fractions into decimal values:
- 5 divided by 9 is equal to 0.55555555555556
- 9 divided by 1 is equal to 9
Since 0.55555555555556 is smaller than 9, it means that 5/9 is less than 9/1.