Question

Which is greater 4/5 or 4/6?

Answer 1

4/5

Explanation:

4/6 is smaller sections when you divide a rectangle

Answer 2

Answer: 4/5 is greater

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Explanation

Use a calculator or long division to see that

• 4/5 = 0.800 exactly
• 4/6 = 0.667 approximately (the 6's go on forever, but we need to round at some point).

Since 800 > 667, this means 0.800 > 0.667. It leads to 4/5 > 4/6.

Therefore 4/5 is larger.

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Another approach is to use the cross multiplication method. First we assume the fractions are equal.

4/5 = 4/6

4*6 = 5*4

24 = 20

The last equation is false, but we can fix things by replacing each equal sign with a greater than sign.

4/5 > 4/6

4*6 > 5*4

24 > 20

We take the process backwards to go from 24 > 20, and reverse our way back to 4/5 > 4/6 to show that 4/5 is larger.