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How can you tell whether a fraction is greater than or less than 1?
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∙ 12y ago
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
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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 whether the sum of two fractions with a common denominator is less than 1?
if you are adding two fractions that are both greater than 1/2, what must be true about the sum?
How can you tell by looking at the numerator and the denominator if the fraction is greater than or less than one half?
Find out what half the denominator is and then compare it to the numerator. for example: for 4/7, 3.5 is half of 7 and 4 > 3.5, so 4/7 is greater than one half.
How can you tell if a fraction is less than a half?
if the number above the bottom number is smaller than half of the bottom number, the fraction is less than half. For example, say the fraction is 3/8, half of the bottom number is 4. 3 is smaller than 4 therefore the fraction is less than half.
How can you tell when to use the greater than sign and the less than signs and in math?
If the two sides of the equation are unequal, you need the greater than or the less than sign instead of the equal sign. If the left side is less, use the less than sign. Otherwise, use the greater than sign.
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.
When multiplying fraction by fraction will the product be greater than or less than?
It is not possible to tell.
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 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 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 you tell whether the percent of a number will be greater than less than or equal to the number?
100% equals the number. Less than 100% is less than the number. Greater than 100% is greater than the number.
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 can you tell whether the sum of two fractions with a common denominator is greater than one?
A fraction is greater than one if the the top number (numerator) is greater than the lower number (denominator).
How do you tell if a fraction is less than 1 percent?
You can tell if a fraction is less than 1% if the denominator of the fraction has its decimal place moved to the right 2 times and is less than the numerator it is less than 1 percent.
How can you tell if a fraction is greater than 1-3?
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How can you tell if a fraction is less than equal to or less than one half?
If the signs of the numerator and denominator are different then the fraction is less than 0 and, therefore, obviously less than one half.If the signs are the same then if the absolute value of the numerator is less than or equal to half the absolute value of the denominator, then the fraction is less than or equal to one half.Algebraically,p/q
How can you tell if a fraction can be written as a mixed number?
The numerator is greater than the denominator.
