How about this one:
Which is greater: or ?
Let's think of a pizza again - mostly, because I like pizza. Ok, back to the math.
The denominators are both 8, so let's look at a pizza cut into 8 pieces:
You're SUPER hungry... Do you want 3 pieces? Or 7 pieces?
7 is WAY more!
So
Sometimes, you can tell just by using your head!
Which is greater: or ?
Hmm... isn't very much pizza - only 2 pieces out of 9...
But, is MORE THAN a whole pizza. Isn't it? In fact, it's .
A whole pizza AND another slice.
So