Which is the largest fraction among the following?

Question

Which is the largest fraction among the following?  
    
  A. 7/8  
  B. 13/16  
  C. 31/40  
  D. 63/80  
    
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Vijaya Lakshmi K · Answer

Hello Shubhankar,

The answer would be option A.
There are two ways you can handle such questions.
Method 1 - Make each fraction to an equivalent fraction by making the denominator same.
7/8 = 70/80
13/16 = 65/80
31/40 = 62/80
63/80 will remain the same

Now as the denominators are the same you can compare the numerators for the fractions and find the largest one. The fraction with the largest numerator will be the largest fraction. Therefore, 7/8 will be the answer.

Method 2 - Write the decimal equivalent of the fractions
7/8=0.875
13/16=0.8125
31/40=0.775
63/80=0.7875

The higher the decimal/numeric value, the larger the fraction is. Therefore, the answer is 7/8.

Hope this helps.

Which is the largest fraction among the following?

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