Question

Topic 13 Online Assessment

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Tomas can compare 3/8 to 3/4
to without using fraction strips.
He says that a whole divided into 8 equal parts will have larger parts than the same whole divided into 4
equal parts.
Three larger parts must be greater than 3 smaller parts, so 3/8 is greater than
3/4
Is Tomas correct? Choose the best answer.​

Answer 1

Tomas is incorrect.

Explanation:

Example : If we divide a cake into 8 pieces and a similar cake is into 4 pieces, a piece of cake taken from 4 pieces will be bigger than a piece taken from 8 pieces.

Similarly, size of 3 pieces of cake taken from 4 pieces will be bigger than the 3 pieces taken from 8 pieces.

Therefore,
`(3)/(4)` will be greater than
`(3)/(8)`.

Tomas is incorrect.