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7 questions about fractions with explanations

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Please answer each question with an explanation. The other three questions are attached. Please combine all answers and explanations on a word document. Thank you.

I. Please EXPLAIN why 1/5 is larger or smaller than 1/4. Think of at least two different explanations and try to avoid a rule or algorithm for comparing two fractions! 2. How do you know that 3/4 = 6/8? Please EXPLAIN your answer. Avoid using a rule or an algorithm! 3. Student A has eaten 4/6 of a pizza. Student B has eaten 3/4 of another pizza. If someone would ask you who has eaten more pizza, what would you answer? This is a tricky question, think about it carefully 4. Please work on at least three of the problems you can find here (but you don't have to work on all of them. that would be too much):