gavin and his three friends want to share 1/3 of a cake equally. gavin says that each friend will get 1/9 of the cake. use the drop-down menus to explain whether or not gavin is correct

To determine which list of absolute values is in order from least to greatest, you should Think of all of these fractions as positive values.

The reason is that the absolute value means the distance from zero. The lists that shows the distances from zero from least to greatest are:

1st: |-5/14|, |-4/7|, |6/7| AND
2nd: |-3/8|, |3/4|, |-7/8|