Question

Which shows the fractions in order from least to greatest? five-twelfths, two-ninths, five-sixths two-ninths, five-twelfths, five-sixths five-twelfths, two-ninths, five-sixths five-sixths, two-ninths, five-twelfths five-sixths, five-twelfths, two-ninths

Answer 1

Two ways you can come at this:

1) Use a calculator, get these all with decimal values, and see how they relate. Up side of this is it is quick. Down side is if the fractions round off down a ways it won't work.

2) Find the LCD. The Lowest Common Denominator is a way of changing fractions so they all gave the same bottom part, the divisor. Once they are in that form, the smallest top is the smallest one and the largest top is the largest one, etc.