The fractions below are in ascending order. Each fraction is in its simplest form.

Question

a is an integer.
Work out the value of a.
1/12, 3/4, a/6, 7/8

Answer 1

3/4 = 0.75
5/6 = 0.83333....
7/8 = 0.875

Answer 2

using a common denominator of 24, the numerators are 2,18,4a,21
so it looks like 4a=20, so a=5