# Thread: I need help with fractions

1. ## I need help with fractions

Hi I need with fractions, I have been out of school 40 years and I don't want to seem dumb but I need help? Iam having problems with things such as which is the smallest 1. 1/3, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 2. 1/5, 1/3, 1/6, 1/8
3. 8.0, .08, .008, .80 4. write 0.25 as a fraction choices 1/4, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25
5. match the following with the correct number: 53.30, choices a. Fifty-three and three tenths b. Fifty-three and 30 c. Fifty-three plus 30 d. Fifty-three and 300 tenths.

If you could help me with these problems I would geatly appreciate it.Tahnks for your assistance. I also need these answers by tomorrow.

2. Hi I need with fractions, I have been out of school 40 years and I don't want to seem dumb but I need help? Iam having problems with things such as which is the smallest 1. 1/3, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 2. 1/5, 1/3, 1/6, 1/8
3. 8.0, .08, .008, .80 4. write 0.25 as a fraction choices 1/4, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25
5. match the following with the correct number: 53.30, choices a. Fifty-three and three tenths b. Fifty-three and 30 c. Fifty-three plus 30 d. Fifty-three and 300 tenths.

If you could help me with these problems I would geatly appreciate it.Tahnks for your assistance. I also need these answers by tomorrow.[/quote]

3. Originally Posted by omardatentmaker
Hi I need with fractions, I have been out of school 40 years and I don't want to seem dumb but I need help? Iam having problems with things such as which is the smallest 1. 1/3, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 2. 1/5, 1/3, 1/6, 1/8
3. 8.0, .08, .008, .80 4. write 0.25 as a fraction choices 1/4, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25
5. match the following with the correct number: 53.30, choices a. Fifty-three and three tenths b. Fifty-three and 30 c. Fifty-three plus 30 d. Fifty-three and 300 tenths.

If you could help me with these problems I would geatly appreciate it.Tahnks for your assistance. I also need these answers by tomorrow.
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1. $\frac{1}{8}$
2. $\frac{1}{8}$
3. $.008$
4. $\frac{1}{4}$
5. $fifty three and three tenths$

Originally Posted by omardatentmaker
Hi I need with fractions, I have been out of school 40 years and I don't want to seem dumb but I need help? Iam having problems with things such as which is the smallest 1. 1/3, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 2. 1/5, 1/3, 1/6, 1/8
3. 8.0, .08, .008, .80 4. write 0.25 as a fraction choices 1/4, 1/2, 1/5, 1/25
5. match the following with the correct number: 53.30, choices a. Fifty-three and three tenths b. Fifty-three and 30 c. Fifty-three plus 30 d. Fifty-three and 300 tenths.

If you could help me with these problems I would geatly appreciate it.Tahnks for your assistance. I also need these answers by tomorrow.
the answer to number 1 is: 1/8 number 2: 1/8 number 3: .008 number 4: 1/4 number 5: fifty-three and three tenths

5. hi omardatentmaker,

you could use scientific calculator or even normal ones to see the fractions in decimal form or decimals in fraction form.
this makes it easy to do comparison.

6. ## help with fractions

Don't feel dumb...fractions are a difficult concept. It may help to think of the process as "exchanging." For example, comparing 1/2 and 1/4:

If I traded in my 1/2 for an equivalent number of fourths, how many fourths would I get?

1/2 is precisely equal to 2/4 (draw a picture of a rectangle and draw a line down the middle of it to indicate 1/2. Then divide each half again and you will see that 1/2 = 2/4).

Since 1/2=2/4, it is easier to see the relationship between 1/2 and 1/4:

2/4>1/4

Try this procedure with 1/3 and 1/9 and let me know how it goes.

rogerpodger