What is 8/9 closer to? A. 1/2 B. 1 or C. 0

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Kara Duffy

Mathematics

1 May, 08:32

What is 8/9 closer to? A. 1/2 B. 1 or C. 0

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Eve Howell · Answer 1

9/9 = 1 and 8/9 is only 1/9 less than 9/9 which is 1.

Answer: B) 1 8/9 is closer to 1

Cherry · Answer 2

In order to find this out, you could convert all the numbers to have the same common denominator. If you made the denominator 18, then

8/9 = 16/18

1/2 = 9/18

1 = 18/18

0 = 0/18.

This allows a clear comparison which shows that 8/9 is closest to 1 out of those options as it is only 2/18 (or 1/9) different. Therefore, the answer is B.