When you have your two fractions you multiply the denominators to get the common denominator. So you would do 3x5=15, 15 is the common denominator. Now you cross multiply. you do 3x2=6 then 5x1=5. Now you have 5 fifteenths and 6 fifteenths. 5 fifteenths belongs to 1 third and 6 fifteenths belongs to 2 fifths. So now you can see that 2 FIFTHS is BIGGER than 1 third.
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Or you could just convert the fractions into decimal form
and see which one is bigger.
1/3 = 0.3333
2/5 = 0.4 <=== This one is bigger than 0.3333.
Two fifths is 40% and one third is ~33% :)
three fifths is bigger.
Six and one third is much bigger.
One third = 1/3 = 0.33333 Three Fifth = 3/5 = 0.6 Obviously Three Fifths is greater than One Third
it is bigger because i said so
Three fifths is bigger than one half. Two fifths is smaller than one half.
One third is greater than two fifths.
Nope... one half is bigger than two fifths.
It isn't. 1 third=5 fifteenths 1 fifth is 3 fifteenths so 2 fifths=6 fifteenths So 1/3 is less than 2/5 by 1/15
One third = 5/15One fifth = 3/15, so two fifths = 6/15.So one third is less than two fifths.
negative fourth fifths is less than negative one-third
One half is bigger then two fifths.