Question

What is the smallest fraction?5/1210/15 1/32/4

Answer 1

1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to get the smallest fraction, we will need to express each of the fractions as a percentage as shown below:

For 5/12;

`\begin{gathered} =(5)/(12)*100 \\ =(500)/(12) \\ =41.7\% \end{gathered}`

For 10/15;

`\begin{gathered} =(10)/(15)*100 \\ =(1000)/(15) \\ =66.7\% \end{gathered}`

For the fraction 1/3

`\begin{gathered} =(1)/(3)*100 \\ =(100)/(3) \\ =33.3\% \end{gathered}`

For the fraction:

`\begin{gathered} =(2)/(4)*100 \\ =(200)/(4) \\ =50\% \end{gathered}`

From the resulting percentage, we can see that the smallest among the fraction is 1/3.