0
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Taiga
Devin
ProfessorAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why is 4 tenths not equal to 4 hundredths?
Imagine that you have a pie. If you cut that pie into 10 equal pieces and take four of them, it will be a lot more pie that if you cut the pie into 100 equal pieces and take four of them. If you cut the pie into 10 pieces, each piece is a tenth of the pie. If you cut the pie into one hundred pieces, each piece will be a hundredth of the pie. You can really only tell which fraction is greater when they have the same denominator. 4/10 = 40/100. That's ten times greater than 4/100
If an eight-inch pie is cut into fifthshow many pieces will you have?
Five. Anything cut into fifths will produce five pieces.
A pie can be cut into more than seven pieces by cutting?
If a circle fraction can, a pie can yes
A pie can be cut into more than seven pieces by making four diameter cuts?
Four diameter cuts, if none of them are the same, will always cut a pie into 8 pieces.
Is one eighth greater than one fifth?
Nope. Think of it this way. Which is bigger, a piece from a pie cut into eight pieces, or a piece cut from a pie that was cut into five pieces?
