Riley wants to find the smallest fractions 1/6. 11/12 5: 6 and 10/12 she uses 0 and w as benchmarks which fraction is closest to 0

The one closest to 0 is the smallest one.
giving them all a common denominator of 12:
2/12, 11/12, 10/12, 10/12
the smallest one is 2/12. that is 1/6, which is the answer.