A tailor has two pieces of ribbon.
The blue ribbon is 38\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}83 metres long. The red ribbon is 23\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}32 metres long.
Work out which ribbon is closer in length to 12\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}21 metre. You must show your working.
76 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Maths Writing, Simplifying and Ordering Fractions. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.