#3 3/4# is bigger than #1 19/21#. How many times bigger?
2 Answers
Explanation:
So we have to fractions,
which are equivalent to,
to find how many times bigger
So
This is a division problem: you're trying to find the ratio between the two numbers.
Explanation:
We first convert from mixed fractions:
Division by a fraction equals multiplying by its inverse:
We can only cancel out a
So the higher number is almost (but not quite) twice as big as the smaller, or