9/10 or 5/6?
2007-07-31 11:34:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Just divide it out:
.9 is bigger than 5/6 = .8333..
2007-07-31 11:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
9/10 is larger than 5/6.
There's two ways to figure it out:
Method 1: Find the common denominator. The easiest way to do that is to multiply the two denominators (the bottom numbers, 10 and 6) together.
So 10 x 6 = 60.
For each fraction, multiply the numerator by the same thing that you would multiply the denominator by to get 60.
9 x 6 = 54 and 5 x 10 = 50.
That gives you 9/10 = 54/60 and 5/6 = 50/60.
So 54 is bigger than 50, so 9/10 is larger than 5/6.
Method 2: Divide and see which decimal is larger.
9 divided by 10 is .9 while 5 divided by 6 is .833, so .9 is more. 9/10 is larger.
May God bless you.
2007-07-31 18:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
9/10
2007-07-31 18:51:02 · answer #3 · answered by Zappyzip 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make the denomenators the same.
9/10
18/20
27/30
5/6
10/12
15/18
20/24
25/30
27/30 or 25/30?
27/30 is 9/10 so...
Answer = 9/10
2007-07-31 18:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
5/6
2007-07-31 18:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, if you didn't want to actually SOLVE the problem, ask yourself about what's left over. Would you rather have a tenth of a pie or a sixth of a pie if you had to get the leftover piece?
2007-07-31 18:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋