Is three fifths greater than 12 over 20?

Answer 1

3/5 [?] 12/20

First you need to get the denominator on both sides the same. You can do this one of two ways:

The first is to make the denominator of 3/5 equal to 20.

5 x 4 = 20

So multiply both the top and the bottom by 4.

4/4 x 3/5 = 12/20

12/20 = 12/20

The answer is they are equal, not greater than.

The other way you could do this is to simplify 12/20. First, they are both even, so you can divide the numerator anddetonatorboth by 2.

Numerator: 12/2 = 6
Denominator: 20/2 = 10

So now we have 6/10, but once again they are both even, so we can divide by 2 again.

Numerator: 6/2 = 3
Denominator: 10/2 = 5

Now we have 3/5. Once again: 3/5 = 3/5.