9/12 is greater.
Equivalent fractions in greater terms for 8/12 are 16/24. 18/36, 32/48, etc.
Take one of the fractions. Multiply its numerator and denominator by any integer greater than 1. The result will be a fraction with is equivalent to the fraction that you started with but no longer similar to the other fraction.
If 7/15 is the simplest form, equivalent fractions will be greater. To make things greater, use multiplication.
To compare two fractions, you convert them to equivalent fractions with the same denominator. Then you can compare their numerators (top parts). In that case, the fraction with the larger numerator is larger.
It is a mixed or improper fraction.
Take any integer, n, greater than 1.Then (2*n)/(7*n) will be an equivalent fraction.
An improper fraction is a mixed number or a decimal converted into a 'top heavy' fraction whereas the numerator is greater than the denominator as for example 5 and 1/2 is equivalent to 11/2 or 5.5 is equivalent to 11/2
Mixed fractions can't become proper fractions. Mixed fractions are greater than one.
cross multiply and the fraction with the largest total is a greater fraction
Proper fractions are less than 1. Improper fractions are greater than 1. For a proper fraction to become an improper fraction, you would have to add a quantity that would make it greater than 1.
Then the fraction with the smaller denominator is larger.
Mixed numbers are greater than proper fractions.