To compare these fractions, you have to express them using a common denominator.
The LCM of 5 and 7 is 35.
So rewrite them with denominators of 35.
1/5 = (1/5)(7/7) = 7/35
2/7 = (2/7)(5/5) = 10/35
7 is less than 10.
so 7/35 < 10/35
Therefore 1/5 < 2/7
Yes
Answer: four-sevenths. One minus three-sevenths is four sevenths
Six sevenths is one seventh less than four fourths.
No, one seventh is smaller than a fifth. It is divided seven times while a fifth is only divided five times.
No it is more then one half.
yes
The answer is 17/35.
No, one half is not less than one fifth. In fact, one half (0.5) is greater than one fifth (0.2). When comparing the two fractions, one half represents a larger portion of a whole than one fifth does.
182/45
less than
Yes.
less..27/70 half would be 35/70