SOLUTION: Can you please show me how to order these fractions from least to greatest. 5/8 3/5 2/3 1/2 I tried 40 as the denominator but 3 could not be divided equally and 120 seems to

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Question 390313: Can you please show me how to order these fractions from least to greatest.
5/8 3/5 2/3 1/2
I tried 40 as the denominator but 3 could not be divided equally and 120 seems to be toooooooo large.
Maureen

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
120 is not as large as 300000.
Use 120 as the denominator.

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