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Is the following a true statement? 4/8 < 5/16

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Answer:

No, because 4/8*2= 8/16

And 8/16 is greater than 5/16

User Christiano
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Answer:

The statement is false.

Explanation:

The easiest way to answer this question is to make both fractions have the same common denominator. In this case, we should alter the first fraction to have a denominator of 16 so that it matches the second fraction. To do this, we should multiply both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction by 2 (this is the same as multiplying by 1, which does not change the value of the fraction). This is modeled below:

4/8 * 2/2 = 8/16

Now, we can plug this value back into our original statement.

8/16 < 5/16

From comparing the numerators, we know that 5 is NOT greater than 8, so the statement is false.

Hope this helps!

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