This skill teaches how to compare mixed and improper fractions. It details converting mixed fractions to improper fractions, enabling easy comparison when the denominators are identical.
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Compare mixed and improper fractions
Test your understanding of compare mixed fraction to improper by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Which of these fractions is larger?
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Since our denominators are the same, we only need to make both into improper fractions so we can compare them. 2 wholes is the same as 12 sixths.
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So our left hand side becomes 12 plus 5, sixths.
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Which is 17 sixths.
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Now it's easy to see that 17 sixths is greater than 16 sixths.