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Arrange these fractions in order 1/6, 1/3, 1/10 Place them in order begin with the smallest.

Explain how you know the answer is correct.

User Tarzan
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(1)/(10) <
(1)/(6) <
(1)/(3)

The larger denominator, the smaller the fraction is.
Wanna know why?
Simple!
Because think about dividing a circle to ONLY 3 parts...
And another circle is divided into 10 parts.
Look at the two circles, one divided into 3 parts and the other one into ten parts. Which green part is larger??
The 1/3 green part is larger. Yeah, so that's how it is!
Arrange these fractions in order 1/6, 1/3, 1/10 Place them in order begin with the-example-1
Arrange these fractions in order 1/6, 1/3, 1/10 Place them in order begin with the-example-2
User Makarius
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1/10, 1/6, 1/3

i know my answer is correct because the bigger the denominator is the smaller each individual piece will be

hope this helped
User Chaney
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