Question

I need help on my fraction homework.

Answer 1

hey nya was helping you in your other one heh

Answer 2

your other question

Answer 3

I don't understand what you were talking about :(

Answer 4

well, let's do another practice problem

Answer 5

No. I need help on my actual problem!!!

Answer 6

well, you wanted to compare 5 1/3 and 6.7

Answer 7

to do this, you want to convert 6.7 into a fraction too

Answer 8

YES!

Answer 9

so the first rule of numbers is, if you multiple *any* number by 1, it is the same number

Answer 10

so to convert 6.7 into a fraction, you want to multiply it by some version of a fraction by multiplying by some version of 1 - in this case, you can multiple it by 10/10 (which is one)

Answer 11

so 6.7 * 10/10 = (6.7 * 10)/10 = 67/10

Answer 12

now we want to convert 5 1/3 to a non-mixed fraction

Answer 13

to do that, why don't we convert it into "1/3's"

Answer 14

thirds

Answer 15

so 5 1/3 = 5 + 1/3
5 = 5 * 3/3 = 15/3
so 5 1/3 = 15/3 + 1/3 = 16/3

Answer 16

so really, you're comparing 16/3 to 67/10

Answer 17

it's kind of hard to tell from just that right?

Answer 18

and so what you have to do, is make sure the bottom number in both of those fractions is the same - that way you can just compare the top numbers to tell which is bigger

Answer 19

that process is called finding a "common denominator"

Answer 20

a common bottom number for both fractions

Answer 21

now this is where our first rule comes back into play - you can multiply any number by "1" and you have the same number

Answer 22

So we want to make it so 16/3 to 67/10 both have the same bottom number. One way to make sure of that is find some number both of those bottom numbers - 3 and 10 - divide into evenly

Answer 23

Ok, I think I am going 2 find somebody else!

Answer 24

ok good luck =)