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#1 Introductions » Fractions Greater than or Less than (6th Grade Math) -Help! » 2010-11-09 06:34:19

Tamauri
Replies: 5

Dear all,

I am just a mother who is trying to help her 6th grader with math homework.

I would like to find a simple and easy way for her to know the value of a fraction.

For example, which of these fractions is closer to 1?  3/4 or 9/11

At the moment what I told her is to divide the numerator by denominator and see which decimal would be closer to the number 1.

So,
3/4= 0.75
9/11=0.81

So, 9/11 would be closer to 1.

But we have been using the calculator for the division and I think there must be a better way (more simple) for a 6th grader.  Especially when comparing with improper fractions.   Like: Which fraction would be closer to the number 1 ( 3/4 or 11/9)

Please help me smile

Thank you.

Elisa

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