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What is the decimal?
Fraction (Lowest Terms)
What is the fraction (lowest terms)?
Which is largest?
100

1/2

0.5

100

24/40

0.6

100

20/60

1/3

100

0.25

1/4

100

1/2 or 20/40

They are both the same (equivalent fractions!)

200

3/4

0.75

200

6/25

0.24

200

6/9

2/3

200

0.76

19/25

200

0.9 or 10/11

10/11= 0.909090... so it is greater!

300

5/6

0.83333...

300

35/100

0.35

300

24/30

4/5

300

0.235

47/200

300

2/5 or 38/100

2/5 = 0.4 and 38/100 = 0.38 Therefore, 2/5 is larger!

400

8/11

0.727272...

400

21/50

0.42

400

35/1000

7/200

400

0.875

7/8

400

12.5%, 0.324 or 1/3

1/3 = 0.333... Therefore, it is largest!

500

5/8

0.625

500

68/125

0.544

500

52/104

1/2

500

0.55

11/20

500

52%, 0.56 or 1/2

0.56

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