Question

Which shows the fractions in increasing order?

five-twelfths, one-eighth, three-eighths, seven-twelfths

seven-twelfths, five-twelfths, three-eighths, one-eighth

seven-twelfths, one-eighth, five-twelfths, three-eighths

one-eighth, three-eighths, five-twelfths, seven-twelfths

Answer 1

number 4

Answer 2

one-eighth, three-eights, five-twelfths, seven-twelfths

Answer 3

there is 2 ways to do this...you can either turn everything into decimals, and compare, or you can change it where all the fractions have the same denominator, and compare them.

Answer 4

It would be obvious that 1/8 is the smallest and 7/12 is the biggest.

Then, have a look at whether the numerators are more than or less than half of the denominator. if they both are smaller (in this case 3/8 and 5/12), then follow texas' method to see which is bigger