Question

Which fraction is bigger 5/6 or 8/9?

Answer 1

8/9 would be bigger.

This would be because, the number on the right side of the dash, is how many times 1 is split up, and the number on the left is the amount of split up chunks you would take.

In this case, 5/6, you would have 1 split into 6 chunks, and taking 5 out of 6 of them. 8/9 would be 1 split into 9 chunks, and taking 8 out of 9 of them.

Since there are more parts in 8/9 and you're taking almost all of them, it would be bigger then 5/6.

So therefore 8/9 is bigger.

Answer 2

5/6 = 5 ÷ 6 = 0.8333

8/9 = 8 ÷ 9 = 0.8888

so 8/9 is bigger.

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