Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which is greater in the following?
`-3 2/7, -3 4/5`
Advertisements
Solution
`-3 2/7, -3 4/5`
`(-23)/7, (-19)/5`
By converting them to equal fractions
`(-23)/7 = (-23 xx 5)/(7 xx 5) = (-115)/35`
`(-19)/5 = (-19 xx 7)/(5 xx 7) = (-133)/35`
As -115 > -133
Therefore, `-3 2/7` is greater.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Write four more rational numbers in the following pattern:
`(-3)/5, (-6)/10,(-9)/15, (-12)/20, ...`
Write four more rational numbers in the following pattern:
`(-1)/6, 2/(-12), 3/(-18), 4/(-24)`
Give four rational numbers equivalent to `5/(-3)`.
Which of the following pairs represent the same rational number?
`(-5)/(-9) "and" 5/(-9)`
Fill in the box with the correct symbol out of >, <, and =.
`(-5)/7 square2/3`
Which is greater in the following?
`(-5)/6, (-4)/3`
`9/6` lies between 1 and 2.
`2/5` of total number of students of a school come by car while `1/4` of students come by bus to school. All the other students walk to school of which `1/3` walk on their own and the rest are escorted by their parents. If 224 students come to school walking on their own, how many students study in that school?
Find two rational numbers whose absolute value is `1/5`.
`5/6 square 8/4`
