\(1 \frac{1}{4}\) is twice as big or \(\frac{5}{8}\) bigger than \(\frac{5}{8}\)
To figure this out, we need to change this mixed number (\(1 \frac{1}{4}\)) to have the same denominator as \(\frac{5}{8}\)
So, we already know that \(\frac{8}{8}\) is equal to 1, so al we have to do is change the \(\frac{1}{4}\) to \(\frac{?}{8}\)
To find that out we just see how we get from 4 to 8 (multiply by 2), so all we do is multiply the 1 by 2 and we get 2 for our numerator. So, \(\frac{1}{4} = \frac{2}{8}\)
Now we add the \(\frac{8}{8}\) to the \(\frac{2}{8}\) and we get \(\frac{10}{8}\) which is \(\frac{5}{8}\) bigger or twice as much as \(\frac{5}{8}\) since we have to multiply by 2 to get the 5 to a 10 as the numerator.
I hope this helped!! :))
