Question

Find the difference between the greatest and the least numbers of -7/ 5, 3 /16, 2/ 7, 3 /24.​

Answer 1

Answer:

convert all of them into like terms and then subtract the smallest from the greatest

Answer 2

Given :

$\dfrac{-7}{5},\dfrac{3}{16},\dfrac{2}{7},\dfrac{3}{24}=\dfrac{1}{8}$

To find : Difference between the greatest and the least numbers.

Solution :

Greatest number = $\dfrac{2}{7}$

Least number = $\dfrac{-7}{5}$

So, Difference between them is given by

$\dfrac{2}{7}-\dfrac{-7}{5}\\\\=\dfrac{2}{7}+\dfrac{7}{5}\\\\=\dfrac{10+49}{35}\\\\=\dfrac{59}{35}$

Hence, the difference between them is $\dfrac{59}{35}$