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[gilliantico@]

Which is the smaller.......7/10 or 3/4
Thanx

[Clanad]

Convert the fractions to the lowest common denominator. In this case the lowest common denominator is 40. Thus to convert each to 40ths, multiply 7/10 by 4/4 equalling 28/40 and multiply 3/4 by 10/10 equalling 30/40 and now you should be able to see that 7/10 is the smaller... Okay?

[fo3nix]

Or just see the '/' symbol as being the divide symbol.

7/10 = 0.7
3/4 = 0.75

therefore 7/10 is smaller than 3/4

[mibn2cweus]

Seven dimes = 70 cents
Three quarters = 75 cents

Yikes!

[tell-me-more]

40 is actually a common denominator, but in this case, the lowest common denominator is 20. The above method is probably simpler than using the lowest common denominator though.