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OpenStudy (anonymous):

which number is least? 3/5 5/16 19/49 5/9

OpenStudy (faiqraees):

Make the denominators of every fraction same by multiplying each fraction with a number

OpenStudy (welshfella):

or you could convert each one to a decimal value then it will be easy to see which is least eg 3/5 = 0.6

OpenStudy (welshfella):

use ur callculator

OpenStudy (welshfella):

5/16:- 5 divided by 16 on ur calculator = 0.3125 do the same with the other 2 fractions.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got it

OpenStudy (mikwind):

Try to eliminate the easy ones, for example: it is clear that 5/16 is smaller than 5/9, so 5/9 can't possibly be the smallest

OpenStudy (welshfella):

yes

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