To find out if 1 and 7/9 or 1 and 5/6 is larger, find the LCM of 9 and 6 and change the fractional parts of the mixed numbers to equivalent fractions.
1 and 7/9 equals 1 and 14/18
1 and 5/6 equals 1 and 15/18
1 and 5/6 is larger than 1 and 7/9.
Nine and five-ninths minus six and five-sixths = 49/18 or 213/18
Five sixths is the bigger fraction.
five sixths
yes
No, five sixths is bigger than two fifths.
7/9
Five eights is 40 which is much bigger than five ninths, which is less than 1.
213/28
It isn't bigger. It is smaller by one sixth.
5/6 is greater.And the correct spelling is ninths, not nineths.
36
18...i guess :P