Which is greater 53/100 or 98/100? Explain how you know using each strategies below:

Question

Percent: More than half/less than half: Common denominations:

Answer 1

Which is greater 53/100 or 98/100?

Percent: Percent means "out of 100"

More than half/less than half: Figure out what 100 divided by 2 is and from there you can determine whether the numerators are greater than or less than that number.

Answer 2

When 2 numbers (fractions) have the same denominator, the one with the higher numerator is greater.

Hence, 98/100 is greater than 53/ 100.

Additionally, we diving a number by an increment of 10 (10,100,200 etc) the numbers of zeros tell you how many decimal places you need to move your "dot". 53/100 is .53 and 98/100 is .98

Answer 3

98/100 is greater than 53/100.

In terms of percentages, when dividing by 100, the percentage is always the numerator (the top number). For example, if a student scored 53/100 on a test, they earned a 53%. If a student scores 98/100, they scored 98% on the test.

Half of 100 is 50. 53/100 is closer to 50/100 and 98/100 is closer to 100/100. Therefore, I know that 98/100 is the greater number.

Both 53/100 and 98/100 have something in common: the denominator. Since the fractions share the same common denominator (100), the numerators are equally comparable. Without looking at the denominator, I know that 98 is greater than 53.