Question

Without working out the multiplication, which product is larger, why? 3 × 1/5 or 3 × 1/10

Answer 1

The product that will be larger is 3x1/5

Explanation:

So in order to know this we have to look at the fractions. We already know that 1/5 is larger than 1/10. To double check our work, we can convert these fractions into percents. 1/5 being 20% and 1/10 being 10%. So now that we have prooved 1/5 is larger, multiplying the larger fraction by three will give us a larger product.

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