Question

Ranjan took 1/5 of a cake.Raman wanted more cake than Ranjan ate.So he asked for 1/8 of a cake knowing that 8 is bigger than 5 . Explain to Raman his mistake

Answer 1

OK
So,

In order to explain this, let us consider the cake as (x).

so if Ranjan will take 1/5 of the cake then it means that he is taking the 5th part of the cake or
if u cut the cake in five equal parts then he will get one of it.

And if u take 1/8 of the cake then it means that u will get the 8th part of the cake or
if u cut the cake in eight equal parts then u will get one of it.

So as u see u will get smaller piece of cake than Ranjan.

ONE MORE THING

ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IF TWO NUMBERS HAVING SAME NUMERATOR THEN THE ONE WITH LESSER DENOMINATOR IS LARGER .