Compare Fractions: Find the Symbol Between 2/5 and 6/5

Question

Fill in the missing sign:

$\frac{2}{5}☐\frac{6}{5}$

00:00 Choose the appropriate sign

00:03 The denominators are equal

00:09 When the denominator is equal, the larger numerator is the larger fraction

00:13 And this is the solution to the question

To solve this problem, we need to compare two fractions with the same denominator and determine the appropriate comparison sign:

Step 1: Notice that both fractions, $\frac{2}{5}$ and $\frac{6}{5}$ , have the same denominator, $5$ .
Step 2: Focus on comparing the numerators of both fractions: $2$ and $6$ .
Step 3: Since $2$ is less than $6$ , it follows that the fraction $\frac{2}{5}$ is less than $\frac{6}{5}$ .

Therefore, the correct comparison sign to fill in the blank is $<$ .

The missing sign is $<$ .

$<$