Is 4/9 or 6/15 greater

Step-by-step explanation:

4/9 = 0.444

6/15 = 0.400

4/9 is greater

Step-by-step explanation:The operation of comparing fractions:

4/9 vs. 6/15

Reduce (simplify) fractions to their lowest terms equivalents:

4/9 already reduced to the lowest terms;

the numerator and the denominator have no common prime factors:

4 = 22;

9 = 32;

6/15 = (2 * 3) / (3 * 5) = ((2 * 3) : 3) / ((3 * 5) : 3) = 2/5;

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Calculate LCM, the least common multiple of the numerators of the fractions

LCM will be the common numerator of the compared fractions.

The prime factorization of the numerators:

4 = 22;

2 is a prime number;

Multiply all the unique prime factors, by the largest exponents:

LCM (4, 2) = 22 = 4 Calculate the expanding number of each fraction

Divide LCM by the numerator of each fraction:

For fraction: 4/9 is 4 : 4 = 22 : 22 = 1;

For fraction: 2/5 is 4 : 2 = 22 : 2 = 2;

Expand the fractions

Build up all the fractions to the same numerator (which is LCM).

Multiply the numerators and the denominators by their expanding number:

4/9 = (1 * 4) / (1 * 9) = 4/9;

2/5 = (2 * 2) / (2 * 5) = 4/10;