How do you write 1/14, 7/9, 4/5, in order from least to greatest? Thank you

1 Answer
Apr 9, 2018

#1/14, 7/9, 4/5#

Explanation:

it can help to rewrite each fraction as a decimal.

#1/14# can be written as #0.07142..#

#7/9# can be written as #0.7777..#

#4/5# can be written as #0.800..#.

the numbers after each decimal are #07, 77# and #80#

the smallest decimal is #0.07142..#,

the middle decimal is #0.777...#,

and the largest decimal is #0.8#.

this means that the smallest fraction is #1/14#,

the middle fraction is #7/9#

and the largest fraction is #4/5#.