Question

Explain why 4/10 and 40/100 have unlike denominators but are equivalent fractions.

Answer 1

`\frac { 40 }{ 100 } \\ \\ =\frac { 4 }{ 10 } \cdot \frac { 10 }{ 10 } \\ \\ =\frac { 4 }{ 10 } \cdot 1\\ \\ =\frac { 4 }{ 10 }`