COMPARE FRACTIONS CALCULATOR CODE

Thursday, 1 October 2015

COMPARE FRACTIONS CALCULATOR CODE

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<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
.CalcTable {
padding: 4px 6px;
border: solid #ddd 1px;
border-collapse: collapse
}
.CalcTitleCell {
background-color: transparent;
color: #1d487e;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 130%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
height: 30px
}
.CalcInstructCell {
padding: 5px;
border-bottom: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcRowTitleCell {
background-color: #ccc;
color: #1d487e;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 85%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcColCell {
background-color: #1d487e;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcColCellLeft {
background-color: #1d487e;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left;
padding-left: 5px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcColCellRight {
background-color: #1d487e;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcRowOdd {
background-color: #eee
}
.CalcRowEven {
background-color: #fff
}
.CalcInDescCell {
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px
}
.CalcOutDescCell {
text-align: left
}
.CalcInFldCell {
text-align: right;
padding-right: 5px;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldCell {
text-align: right;
padding-right: 5px;
border-left: solid #ddd 1px;
border-right: solid #ddd 1px;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcInFld {
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcInFldFix {
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcSelectFix {
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldOddFix {
border: medium none;
background-color: #eee;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldEvenFix {
border: medium none;
background-color: #fff;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldOdd {
border: medium none;
background-color: #eee;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldEven {
border: medium none;
background-color: #fff;
font-weight: normal;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldBoldOdd {
border: medium none;
background-color: #eee;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcOutFldBoldEven {
border: medium none;
background-color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
font-size: 8pt
}
.CalcButtonCell {
text-align: center;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.CalcButton {}.CalcSummaryCell {
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
background-color: #fff;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartTable {
border-collapse: collapse
}
.ChartBody {}.ChartColHead1 {
background-color: #1d487e;
color: #fff;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ccc 1px
}
.ChartColHead1Small {
background-color: #1d487e;
color: #fff;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 80%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ccc 1px
}
.ChartColHead2 {
background-color: #ccc;
color: #1d487e;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 85%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartRowOdd {
background-color: #eee
}
.ChartRowEven {
background-color: #fff
}
.ChartTextCell {
text-align: center;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartTextCellLeft {
text-align: left;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartNumCell {
text-align: right;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartNumCellSmall {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 85%;
text-align: right;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.ChartSubCell {
text-align: right;
border-top: solid #000 2px;
border-left: solid #ddd 1px;
border-right: solid #ddd 1px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #ccc;
padding-left: 4px;
padding-right: 2px
}
.ChartTotCell {
text-align: right;
border-top: double #000 3px;
border-bottom: double #000 3px;
border-left: solid #ddd 1px;
border-right: solid #ddd 1px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #ccc;
padding-left: 4px;
padding-right: 2px
}
#dhtmltooltip {
position: absolute;
left: -300px;
width: 150px;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 2px;
background-color: #ffffe0;
visibility: hidden;
z-index: 100;
filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=gray, direction=135)
}
#dhtmlpointer {
position: absolute;
left: -300px;
z-index: 101;
visibility: hidden
}
.div_help {
font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: small;
text-align: left;
padding: 10px
}
.SideCalcTitleCell {
font-size: 100%;
background-color: #000;
font-weight: bold;
color: #fff
}
.SideCalcResult {
text-align: right;
width: 94%;
background-color: #eee;
border: solid #000 1px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;
color: #000;
padding-right: 5px
}
.SideCalcNum {
font-weight: bold;
width: 30px
}
.SideCalcSign {
font-weight: bold;
color: #00f;
width: 30px
}
.SideCalcClr {
font-weight: bold;
width: 30px;
color: red
}
.SideCalcClrTape {
font-weight: bold;
width: 94%;
color: #000
}
.SideCalcTapeCell {
text-align: center;
background-color: #ccc;
border-top: solid #ccc 1px;
border-left: solid #ccc 1px;
border-right: solid #ccc 1px;
border-bottom: dashed #000 1px;
font-family: courier, arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 10pt;
color: #000;
padding-right: 0px;
padding-left: 0px
}
.BelowCalcTable {
border-collapse: collapse
}
.BelowCalcAdCell {}.BelowCalcColHead {
background-color: #ccc;
color: #1d487e;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 85%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ccc 1px
}
.BelowCalcImgHead {
background-color: #ccc;
text-align: center;
border: solid #ccc 1px
}
.BelowCalcLinkCell {
text-align: left;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border: solid #ddd 1px
}
.sppTable {
width: 300px;
border-collapse: collapse
}
.sppRow {
background-color: #ddd
}
.sppColHead {
background-color: #fff;
color: #1d487e;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 85%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: center;
width: 240px;
border-left: solid #8f8fb3 1px;
border-top: solid #8f8fb3 1px
}
.sppImgHead {
background-color: #fff;
text-align: center;
width: 60px;
border-right: solid #8f8fb3 1px;
border-top: solid #8f8fb3 1px
}
.sppLinkCell {
font-size: 85%;
text-align: left;
padding-left: 2px;
padding-right: 2px;
border-left: solid #8f8fb3 1px;
border-bottom: solid #8f8fb3 1px;
border-right: solid #8f8fb3 1px
}
.fb_like_button {
border: 1px dotted #000;
background-color: #eee;
padding: 10px;
width: 320px;
float: right
}
.blogItItem {
margin: 18px 0;
padding: 0 12px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background: #eee;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #ccc
}
.blogItItem h6 {
font-style: normal;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 80%
}
.leftnav_heading {
text-align: center
}
.leftnav_heading a {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 15px;
text-align: left;
line-height: 14px;
background-image: url();
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
width: 169px;
height: 41px;
display: block;
font-weight: bold;
margin-top: 18px
}
.leftnav_heading a:hover {
background-image: url()
}
.leftnav_heading span {
display: block;
padding: 7px
}
.texttop {
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 14px;
color: #333;
text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #fff;
margin-bottom: 10px
}
.textbottom {
color: #333;
font-size: 15px;
text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px #fff
}
#mobileBtnDiv {
display: none
}
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 640px) {
#mobileBtnDiv {
display: block;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
padding: 10px
}
#mobileBtn {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
width: 50%;
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 2em;
background-color: #0f5378;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
border-radius: 10px;
border: 1px solid #fff
}
#mobileBtn:hover {
background-color: #4cc2ce;
color: #087197
}
}
</style>

<script >
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entry.\");document.calc.denom_1.focus();}else\nif(v_whole_2==0&&v_denom_2==0){alert(\"Please enter a denominator greater than zero for the 2nd entry.\");document.calc.denom_2.focus();}else{var v_ans=\"\";var help_cnt=0;var help_row=\"<tr>\";var step_row=\"<tr>\";var tbl=\"<center><table>\";var numer_style=\"style='border-bottom: 2px solid black; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;'\";var denom_style=\"style='text-align: center; font-weight: bold;'\";var equal_style=\"style='vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: blue; border-left: 1px solid #eee; border-right: 1px solid #eee;'\";var sign_style=\"style='vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;'\";var whole_style=\"style='vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt;'\";var sup_style=\"style='font-weight: normal; color: orange'\";var help_style=\"style='text-align: center; font-weight: bold; border-left: 1px solid #bbb; border-bottom: 1px solid 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\"+whole_style+\">\"+v_whole_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td \"+numer_style+\">\"+v_numer_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td width='30' rowspan='2' \"+equal_style+\">=</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td \"+numer_style+\">\"+v_denom_1+\" x \";tbl_1_r_1+=\"\"+v_whole_1+\" \";tbl_1_r_1+=\" + \"+v_numer_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td width='30' rowspan='2' \"+equal_style+\">=</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td \"+numer_style+\">\"+mix_numer_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style='border-left: 1px solid #eee;'> </td>\";tbl_1_r_2+=\"<td \"+denom_style+\">\"+v_denom_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_2+=\"<td \"+denom_style+\">\"+v_denom_1+\"</td>\";tbl_1_r_2+=\"<td \"+denom_style+\">\"+mix_denom_1+\"</td>\";v_summary+=\"Step #\"+help_cnt+\": Convert the mixed \";v_summary+=\"number in the 1st entry (\"+v_whole_1+\" \"+v_numer_1+\"/\"+v_denom_1+\") into a fraction. \";entry_1=\"\"+v_whole_1+\" \"+v_numer_1+\"/\"+v_denom_1+\"\";}else{mix_numer_1=v_whole_1;mix_denom_1=1;help_cnt+=1;tbl_1_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style=''>Step 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\";entry_2=\"\"+v_whole_2+\" \"+v_numer_2+\"/\"+v_denom_2+\"\";}else{mix_numer_2=v_whole_2;mix_denom_2=1;help_cnt+=1;tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style=''>Step #\"+help_cnt+\":</td>\";tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style='border-right: 1px solid #eee;'> </td>\";tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' \"+whole_style+\">\"+v_whole_2+\"</td>\";tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td width='30' rowspan='2' \"+equal_style+\">=</td>\";tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td \"+numer_style+\">\"+mix_numer_2+\"</td>\";tbl_2_r_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style='border-left: 1px solid #eee;'> </td>\";tbl_2_r_2+=\"<td \"+denom_style+\">\"+mix_denom_2+\"</td>\";v_summary+=\"Step #\"+help_cnt+\": Convert the whole \";v_summary+=\"number in the 2nd entry (\"+v_whole_2+\") into a fraction. \";entry_2=\"\"+v_whole_2+\"\";}\ntbl_2+=\"<tr>\"+tbl_2_r_1+\"</tr><tr>\"+tbl_2_r_2+\"</tr></table></center>\";}else{mix_numer_2=v_numer_2;mix_denom_2=v_denom_2;}\nvar tbl_3=\"\";var tbl_3_r_1=\"\";var tbl_3_r_2=\"\";if(mix_denom_1==mix_denom_2){help_cnt+=1;v_summary+=\"Step #\"+help_cnt+\": Since \"+v_numer_1+\"/\"+v_denom_1+\" and \";v_summary+=\"\"+v_numer_2+\"/\"+v_denom_2+\" have the same \";v_summary+=\"denominator, you can simply compare the numerators to determine which fraction is greater. \";row_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style=''>Step #\"+help_cnt+\":</td>\";row_1+=\"<td rowspan='2' style='border-right: 1px solid #eee;'> </td>\";row_1+=\"<td \"+numer_style+\">\"+v_numer_1+\"</td>\";if(mix_numer_1==mix_numer_2){row_1+=\"<td width='30' rowspan='2' \"+equal_style+\">=</td>\";v_summary+=\"Since the numerators are the same, \"+mix_numer_1+\"/\"+mix_denom_1+\" is equal to \";v_summary+=\"\"+mix_numer_2+\"/\"+mix_denom_2+\". \";v_ans=\"equal\";}else\nif(mix_numer_1>mix_numer_2){row_1+=\"<td width='30' rowspan='2' \"+equal_style+\">></td>\";v_summary+=\"Since the \"+mix_numer_1+\" is greater than \"+mix_numer_2+\", \";v_summary+=\"\"+mix_numer_1+\"/\"+mix_denom_1+\" is greater than \";v_summary+=\"\"+mix_numer_2+\"/\"+mix_denom_2+\". 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COMPARE FRACTIONS CALCULATOR
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Instructions: Enter the whole number, numerator (top) and the denominator (bottom) of the 1st entry.

Next, enter the whole number, numerator and denominator of the 2nd entry, and then click the "Compare Fractions" button.


Note that for the first or the second entry you can either enter a whole number only, a mixed number, or a fraction only.


Mouse over the blue question marks for a further explanation of each entry field. More in-depth explanations can be found in the glossary of terms located beneath the Compare Fractions Calculator.

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1st Entry
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2nd Entry
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<td class="ChartColHead2">Whole #</td>
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Numerators (#):
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Vs
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How Do You Compare Fractions?

The answer to that question depends on whether you are comparing fractions with same denominators or if you are comparing fractions with different denominators.

Comparing Fractions with Same Denominators

Comparing fractions with the same denominators (bottom number) is easy. All you do is compare the numerators to see which fraction is greater, like this:

Comparison with Same Denominators

4	>	3
5	>	5

Comparing Fractions with Different Denominators

Comparing fractions with different denominators requires a little more work (unless you use the compare fractions calculator on this page), because in order to compare the fractions you must first turn their different denominators into the same denominators. You do that by finding the COMPARE FRACTIONS CALCULATOR of the denominators.

To illustrate how you use LCM to turn different denominators into same denominators, let's suppose you want to compare the fraction 2/3 to the fraction 3/4 to see which is greater.

The first step is to find the lowest number that both 3 and 4 will divide into evenly (the LCM). According to my calculations, the LCM of the two denominators (3 & 4) is 12.

Once we have found the LCM for the two denominators, the next step is to multiply the top and bottom of each fraction by the number of times each fraction's denominator goes into the LCM.

Since 3 goes into 12 a total of 4 times, you would multiply the top and bottom of 2/3 by 4, which results in 8/12.

Next, since 4 goes into 12 a total of 3 times, you would multiply the top and bottom of 3/4 by 3, which results in 9/12.

Finally, since both denominators are now the same, you compare the numerators (8 and 9) to determine which fraction is greater. Since 9 is greater than 8, 9/12 is greater than 8/12 -- therefore 3/4 is greater than 2/3. Here is how our example of comparing fractions with different denominators might appear on paper:

Comparing Fractions with Different Denominators