Which is greater, 3/4 or 11/16? how can you be sure?

when comparing fractions we need to bring the fractions to the same denominator
to compare and see which is bigger or smaller.
the denominators of the 3/4 and 11/16 are 4 and 16 respectively.
we can mulitply both numerator and denominator of 3/4 by 4 so that the denominator is now 16,
then the fraction  
now we can compare the 2 fractions 12/16 and 11/16,
when denominator is same then bigger numerator is the bigger fraction. therefore 3/4 is the greater fraction

The correct answer is: 3/4 is greater than 11/16.

Explanation:
Method 1 (Simplistic way):
3/4 can be represented as 12/16.

Now if we compare 12/16 with 11/16, we can see that 11 is less than 12 (cancelling 16). Hence 3/4 is greater than 11/16.

Method 2 (Long method):
The simplest method is to familiarize yourself with the division operation. For example:

If we have the following rational number: 8/4, the division tells us how many 4s are needed to make 8. In this case, there are 2 fours needed to make 8.

Likewise:
3/4: There are 0.75 fours needed to make 3 as 0.75*4 = 3.
11/16: There are 0.6875 sixteens needed to make 11 as 0.6875*16 = 11.

It means that 0.75 > 0.6875; therefore, 3/4 > 11/16.

The correct awnser is 29.76 pounds.