Question

-5/6,-4/3 which is greater

Answer 1

-5/6

Explanation:

To figure out which one is greater, we need to convert them so they have a common denominator:

You can do this two ways, because 6 is a multiple of 3, we can just multiply the second fraction by 2:


`(-4)/(3) \\` x 2 =
`(-8)/(6) \\`

`(-5)/(6)`

The second way is multiplying both the fractions so they have a common denominator.

`(-5)/(6) = (-15)/(18)`

`(-4)/(3) = (-24)/(18)`

Because the numbers are negative, -15 is the greater number.

Therefore,
`(-5)/(6)` is the greater fraction.