Question

How much bigger is 1 1/4 than 5/8

Answer 1

`1 (1)/(4)` is twice as big or
`(5)/(8)` bigger than
`(5)/(8)`

To figure this out, we need to change this mixed number (
`1 (1)/(4)`) to have the same denominator as
`(5)/(8)`

So, we already know that
`(8)/(8)` is equal to 1, so al we have to do is change the
`(1)/(4)` to
`(?)/(8)`

To find that out we just see how we get from 4 to 8 (multiply by 2), so all we do is multiply the 1 by 2 and we get 2 for our numerator. So,
`(1)/(4) = (2)/(8)`

Now we add the
`(8)/(8)` to the
`(2)/(8)` and we get
`(10)/(8)` which is
`(5)/(8)` bigger or twice as much as
`(5)/(8)` since we have to multiply by 2 to get the 5 to a 10 as the numerator.

I hope this helped!! :))