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  • 03-01-2017
  • Mathematics
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why is 1/3 less than 1/2

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kinell kinell
  • 03-01-2017
If you have one whole pizza divided into 3 parts and another pizza (same size) divided into 2 parts the slices in the pizza divided into 3 parts would be smaller than the one divided into 2 parts.

math way of doing this is like a cross product deal
1/3 O 1/2 
1x2    1x3
2    <   3
so 1/3 is less than 1/2
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valentine5 valentine5
  • 03-01-2017
because 2/6 is less than 3/6.if your wondering how , i'll tell you.since 3 and 2 are not factors i just multiplied1/3 with 2 on the top and bottom and multiplied 1/2 with 3 and i got the answer
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