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How do you tell if a fraction is greater than 1 but less than 2?
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∙ 9y ago
subtract 1 from it once (use whatever denominator it has over it self as one to make things easier). if the number is negative, it's less than 1. subtract 1 again if it was positive. if it's negative this time, the original number was less than 2. if positive, it was more than 2
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How can you tell if a fraction is less than equal to or less than one?
If the fraction has a greater numerator than the denominator than the fraction is greater than one If the fraction has a numerator less than the denominator than the fraction is less than one If the numerator and the denominator are the same numbers than the fraction is equal to one **The numerator is the top number; the denominator is the bottom number**
How to use benchmarks to estimate?
compare with random fraction to a benchmark fraction. to tell if a fraction is less or greater than another fraction.
How can you tell just by looking that a fraction is less than or greater that a half?
If the numerator is greater than or less than one half of the denominator. For example, 7/16 is less because 7 is less than half of 16.
How how you know whether a fraction is less than 1 or greater than 1?
If the denominator is positive and the numerator is less than the denominator then the fraction is less than 1. If the denominator is positive and the numerator is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than 1.
Why is the reciprocal of a fraction less than one always a fraction greater than one?
A positive fraction that is less than one is known as a proper fraction. In a proper fraction, the denominator is greater than the numerator. A reciprocal fraction would have a numerator greater than the denominator. Such a fraction is known as an improper fraction. Improper fractions are greater than one.
When multiplying fraction by fraction will the product be greater than or less than?
It is not possible to tell.
How can you tell whether a fraction is greater than or less than 1?
If the numerator (the top number) is larger than the denominator (bottom number) then the fraction is greater than 1 If the denominator is greater than the numerator, then the fraction is less than 1
How can you tell whether a fraction is greater than or less than 1 half?
If two times the numerator is less than the denominator, the fraction is less than half. If two times the numerator is equal to the denominator, the fraction is equal to a half. If two times the numerator is greater than the denominator, the fraction is greater than half.
How can you tell if a fraction is less than equal to or less than one?
If the fraction has a greater numerator than the denominator than the fraction is greater than one If the fraction has a numerator less than the denominator than the fraction is less than one If the numerator and the denominator are the same numbers than the fraction is equal to one **The numerator is the top number; the denominator is the bottom number**
How can we tell if a fraction is greater than less than or equal to 1 whole?
if the value above the line of the fraction is greater than or equal to the value below the lin, then the fraction is equal to or greater than 1 whole.
How to use benchmarks to estimate?
compare with random fraction to a benchmark fraction. to tell if a fraction is less or greater than another fraction.
How can you tell just by looking that a fraction is less than or greater that a half?
If the numerator is greater than or less than one half of the denominator. For example, 7/16 is less because 7 is less than half of 16.
How how you know whether a fraction is less than 1 or greater than 1?
If the denominator is positive and the numerator is less than the denominator then the fraction is less than 1. If the denominator is positive and the numerator is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than 1.
Why is the reciprocal of a fraction less than one always a fraction greater than one?
A positive fraction that is less than one is known as a proper fraction. In a proper fraction, the denominator is greater than the numerator. A reciprocal fraction would have a numerator greater than the denominator. Such a fraction is known as an improper fraction. Improper fractions are greater than one.
Is the fraction 37 greater than or less than 710?
Where is the fraction? 37 is less than 710.
Is the product of fraction less than 1 and a whole number greater than or less then the whole number?
It can be greater than or less than it.
Is every fraction less than 1?
No. Every proper fraction is less than 1, but improper fraction will be greater than 1.
