How do you find the fraction between two fractions 1/4 and 3/5?

1 Answer
Mar 2, 2018

#1/2# is just one possible answer.

Explanation:

Well we can probably better visualize this if we convert each fraction to a decimal.

#1/4->0.25#

#3/5->0.6#

So now we ask ourselves, what decimal(s) is in between #0.25# and #0.6#?

Well, in reality there are infinitely many but that's a topic for another day. All we need is one decimal:

Here's one!

#0.5# is in between #0.25# and #0.6#

Now we just convert #0.5# into a fraction and that's #1/2#!