One-third is the same as five-fifteenths. Two-fifths is the same as six-fifteenths. Five-fifteenths plus six-fifteenths is eleven-fifteenths. One, or fifteen-fifteenths, minus eleven-fifteenths is four-fifteenths.
One third 1/3
One third.
Make them equivalent fractions with the same denominator then compare the numerators: 2/5 = 2x3/5x3 = 6/15 1/3 = 1x5/3x5 = 5/15 Two fifths is larger than one third as two fifths is equivalent to six fifteenths whereas one third is only equivalent to five fifteenths which is smaller than six fifteenths.
seven fifteenths
one-third, or 1/3, or 0.3
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
One-third is the same as five-fifteenths. Two-fifths is the same as six-fifteenths. Five-fifteenths plus six-fifteenths is eleven-fifteenths. One, or fifteen-fifteenths, minus eleven-fifteenths is four-fifteenths.
two-thirds
One third 1/3
7 and 8 fifteenths
No, after you've cut one-third and three-ninths, which is another third, there are only five-fifteenths left!
one third? two sixths? three ninths? five fifteenths? six eighteenths? 33%? i could go on forever...
That's twenty two fifteenths, which equals one and seven fifteenths.
The fraction five-fifteenths written in the lowest terms is one-third.
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one third