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Which fraction is greater? Do the values change because of the negative or is 28 over forty greater? Please help!!

Which fraction is greater? Do the values change because of the negative or is 28 over-example-1
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Imagine that you have - 1/4 and - 3/4, so - 0.25 and - 0.75. Look that - 0.25 is closer to 0 so
- 1/4 is bigger than - 3/4. In your case, - 25/40 is bigger than - 28/40 because its closer to 0.
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