Which is greater three fourths or eleven sixteen

★ Which is greater?

   OR  

The first thing you need to do is check if the denominators are the same. The denominator is the number on the bottom. The denominators are:

and

Since they are not the same, change them so that they have a common denominators. To do that, list the first few multiples of both numbers to find the GCM.

The 2 common multiples of 4 and 16 are:

and

Since 16 is less than 32, the new denominator of the 2 fractions should be 16. Change the fractions so that they have a denominator of 16.

Which is greater?

  OR  

Since 12 is greater than 11, is greater.

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