Is a number over 500 greater than a number over 5000?

Answer 1

That depends, if you are talking about anything between 501-5000 it isn't larger than 5000 but if you are talking about something from 5001 to infinity then it's larger 5000.

My answer is not necessarily.

When talking about fractions, one five-hundredth (1/500) is larger than one five-thousandth (1/5000); in fact one five-hundredth (1/500) = ten five-thousandths (10/5000).

So the same number as the numerator over 500 represents a larger fraction than the same number as the numerator over 5000; however, 11 over 5000 (11/5000) represents a larger fraction than 1 over 500 (1/500) since, as noted above, 1/500 = 10/5000, and 10/5000 < 11/5000.