Question

Which is greater 1/9 or 1/8

Answer 1

1/8 is greater than 1/9 , because 1 is being divided by a smaller number and hence the result would be bigger than when that same 1 is divided by a bigger number as 9.

OR

1/9           1/8            Cross Multiply

8*1            9*1

8                9

8      <        9

Implies that  1/9 is less than 1/8 and hence 1/8 is greater than 1/9.  
 

OR

Use your calculator and convert both to decimal

1/9            1/8

0.111..        0.125

You can see that 1/8 is greater than 1/9.