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by jkaustubh » Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:59 pm
I want to know the approach for the following kind of questions:

Which of the following numbers if the greatest?
A) 1876452/1876455
B) 1883446/1886449
C) 1883453/1883156
D) 1883456/1883459
E) 1883491/1883494[/list][/list]
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:36 pm
C is the only one with a numerator greater than its denominator, so it must be the biggest number.

In general, when a question gives you values that you can't easily calculate, you should look to apply your knowledge of number properties and basic rules. If all 5 answers had given us fractions where the denominator was greater than the numerator, finding the difference between the terms and trying to extract a pattern or rule would be helpful.
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