Which is larger, one-thirteenth of 26 or one-sixth of 72

To figure out which number is larger, you first need to solve them.

Whenever you see the world "of", think of multiplication. When you see "of", replace that with a "*".

One-thirteenth of 26.

One-thirteenth = 1/13

(1/13) * 26

2

One-sixth of 72.

One-sixth = 1/6

(1/6) * 72

12

From the answers we got, 2 and 12, the larger number was 12. This is the product of one-sixth of 72.

Therefore, the answer is one-sixth of 72 is larger.