{"id":255112,"date":"2025-07-12T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=255112"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:51:04","slug":"what-fractions-are-not-equivalent-to-7-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/12\/what-fractions-are-not-equivalent-to-7-8\/","title":{"rendered":"What fractions are not equivalent to 7\/8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What fractions are not equivalent to 7\/8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fractions that are not equivalent to 78\\frac{7}{8} would include any fraction where the numerator and denominator do not maintain the same proportional relationship as 7 and 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, consider the fraction 68\\frac{6}{8}. While it has the same denominator, the numerator is smaller, meaning it represents a value less than 78\\frac{7}{8}. This fraction is not equivalent to 78\\frac{7}{8}.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another example is 79\\frac{7}{9}. Although the numerator is the same, the denominator has changed. The denominator now being 9 instead of 8 alters the proportionality between the numerator and the denominator. Since the value of 79\\frac{7}{9} is slightly greater than 78\\frac{7}{8}, it is not equivalent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, a fraction like 1416\\frac{14}{16} is not equivalent either, even though both 14 and 16 share a factor with 7 and 8. If we simplify 1416\\frac{14}{16} by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2, we get 78\\frac{7}{8}. However, this fraction starts as a different form, making it distinct from 78\\frac{7}{8} before simplification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine whether two fractions are equivalent, one can cross-multiply. For example, to check if 78\\frac{7}{8} is equal to 68\\frac{6}{8}, cross-multiplying would give 7\u00d787 \\times 8 and 8\u00d768 \\times 6, yielding 56 and 48, respectively. Since these values do not match, we can conclude that 78\\frac{7}{8} and 68\\frac{6}{8} are not equivalent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, fractions that do not have the same proportionality between the numerator and denominator as 78\\frac{7}{8} are not equivalent. These fractions might be larger or smaller, and simplifying them would not yield 78\\frac{7}{8}.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What fractions are not equivalent to 7\/8 The correct answer and explanation is: Fractions that are not equivalent to 78\\frac{7}{8} would include any fraction where the numerator and denominator do not maintain the same proportional relationship as 7 and 8. For instance, consider the fraction 68\\frac{6}{8}. 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