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Is 7/8 bigger than 1/8?

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Answer #1

No, it’s smaller.

Answer #2

How is that though? Im kinda confused

Answer #3

yes its bigger

Answer #4

7/8 is bigger than 1/8. you have 7 out of 8 pieces of pizza. that is more than 1 piece out of 8 slices of pizza.

Answer #5

Think of it like a pie. 7/8 means that 7 of the eight pieces are there. 1/8 means only one of the pieces is there.

Answer #6

So it is greater, right.

Answer #7

I forgot a lot of my math so I could be wrong on it being smaller. It depends on how you look at it really… But what I said above is correct.

Answer #8

7/8 is bigger than 1/8. Draw 8 stars. Shade 7 out of the 8 stars. Draw another set of 8 stars and shade 1 out of the 8 stars. Compare. Which fraction has more shaded stars.

Answer #9

If you cut a pie into 8 equal pieces, each piece is one eighth.

7/8 means seven eighths. 1/8 means one eighth. The first fraction is 7 times bigger than the second one.

So now can you figure out what 4/8 is and what 8/8 is?

Answer #10

visualization… great answer!

Answer #11

yeah it is 7 times bigger than 1/7

Answer #12

7/8 is bigger

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