CPM Homework Help : CC2 Problem 1-21

Which is greater, $\frac { 3 } { 4 }$ or $\frac { 11 } { 16 }$ ? How can you be sure?

Hint:

Draw two equal sized rectangles.

Step 1:

Cut one of the rectangles into four equal parts.
Cut the other into $16$ equal parts.

Step 2:

Shade three fourths of the first rectangle.
Shade eleven sixteenths of the second rectangle.
Which is greater?