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Which is greater 787/1000 or 7/9

User Laochiv
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7/9 because 787/1000 simplified is 7.87/9, and 7//9 is greater than 7.87/9
User Hari Honor
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Answer: 787/1000

Use a calculator to find that 787/1000 = 0.787 and 7/9 = 0.77777... (the 7s repeat forever)

We see that 0.787 is larger than 0.77777... so that means 787/1000 is larger

You can think of it as 787 is larger than 777 if you move the decimal point 3 spots to the right for each decial value, then round to the nearest whole number.

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