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Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?
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15 Jul 2019, 16:17
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Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?
A. \(\frac{7}{16 \times 25}\)
B. \(\frac{5}{32 \times 5^4}\)
C. \(\frac{30}{512 \times 5^3}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{4^6 \times 5}\)
E. \(\frac{4}{2^{11}\times 5^2}\)
A. \(\frac{7}{16 \times 25}\)
B. \(\frac{5}{32 \times 5^4}\)
C. \(\frac{30}{512 \times 5^3}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{4^6 \times 5}\)
E. \(\frac{4}{2^{11}\times 5^2}\)
Re: Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?
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17 Jul 2019, 09:29
17 Jul 2019, 09:29
Hello Sir Brent, can you please suggest us how should we approach these type of question? it seems too much time consuming for me.
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Alamin
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Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?
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17 Jul 2019, 10:46
17 Jul 2019, 10:46
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Carcass wrote:
Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?
A. \(\frac{7}{16 \times 25}\)
B. \(\frac{5}{32 \times 5^4}\)
C. \(\frac{30}{512 \times 5^3}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{4^6 \times 5}\)
E. \(\frac{4}{2^{11}\times 5^2}\)
A. \(\frac{7}{16 \times 25}\)
B. \(\frac{5}{32 \times 5^4}\)
C. \(\frac{30}{512 \times 5^3}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{4^6 \times 5}\)
E. \(\frac{4}{2^{11}\times 5^2}\)
Most of the denominators are a pain to calculate.
HOWEVER, the first one (A) is reasonable.
A. \(\frac{7}{16 \times 25}=\frac{7}{400}\)
Now, let's check the remaining answer choices....
B. \(\frac{5}{32 \times 5^4}\)
5^4 (which we should memorize before test day) = 625
So, the denominator is already a lot bigger than 400, which means this fraction is definitely LESS THAN \(\frac{7}{400}\)
C. \(\frac{30}{512 \times 5^3}\)
Same scenario here.
5^3 = 125, so the denominator here is (512)(125), which is HUGE.
So, even with 30 as the numerator, this fraction is definitely LESS THAN \(\frac{7}{400}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{4^6 \times 5}\)
4^6 = (4^3)(4^3)
= (64)(64)
= some number BIGGER than 3600
That's already a huge denominator, which means this fraction is definitely LESS THAN \(\frac{7}{400}\)
E. \(\frac{4}{2^{11}\times 5^2}\)
2^11 = 2048
I'll stop right there, since we can already see that this fraction is definitely LESS THAN \(\frac{7}{400}\)
Answer: A
