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Question from Chloe, a student: hey okay im having trouble with a math question. how do you put these fractions in number order |
Hi Chloe,
You need to find the common denominator for these three fractions before you can order them from least to greatest.
ex: 5/8 and 1/2. My common denominator for 8 and 2 is 8. So to get 1/2 with a denominator of 8 we multiply the numerator AND denominator by 4, giving us 1x4=4 and 2x4=8, so we have 4/8.
Now that they have the same denominator you order the numerators from smallest to largest.
4/8, 5/8. or 1/2, 5/8.
Hope that helps,
Jaymie
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