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Few toffees were distributed among Ramesh, Suresh and Prakash. Ramesh got 3/8, Suresh got 1/ 2 and Prakash got 1/8 toffees of the total toffees .Who got the maximum toffees?
Given: Ramesh got $\frac{3}{8}$, Suresh got $\frac{1}{ 2}$ and Prakash got $\frac{1}{8}$ toffees of the total toffees.
To find: Which fraction is highest?
Solution:
We have to compare the fractions $\frac{3}{8}$ , $\frac{1}{ 2}$, $\frac{1}{8}$
LCM of denominators is 8. We can convert all these fractions into denominators of 8.
We can convert $\frac{1}{ 2}$ = $\frac{1 \times 4}{ 2 \times 4}$ = $\frac{4}{ 8}$
Now our fractions are $\frac{3}{8}$ , $\frac{4}{ 8}$, $\frac{1}{8}$
We can see $\frac{4}{ 8}$ is highest as 4 is highest numerator.
So Suresh got the highest toffees
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