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Write the fraction with the greatest value 5/6 7/12 7/10

User Kratz
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Answer:

Fraction 1 (5/6)

Explanation:

6, 12 and 10 all go in to 60.

60 / 6 = 10

10 * 5 = 50

Fraction 1 = 50/60

60/12 = 5

5 * 7 = 35

Fraction 2 = 35/60

60/10 = 6

7 * 6 = 42

Fraction 3 = 42/60

Therefore fraction 1 (5/6) is the biggest.

User Manish Pradhan
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Answer:

5/6

Explanation:

Convert the fraction to decimal and find the one nearest to the whole number 1.

5/6 = 0.833

7/12 = 0.583333

7/10 = 0.7

As you can see from the bold numbers, 5/6 is the greatest value.