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Which is bigger, one fourth of 16 or one third of 24?

User Mattforni
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1/3 of 24 is 8. 1/4 of 16 is 4. So 1/3 of 24 is bigger

User JD Isaacks
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One third of 24 because 3 is a whole number smaller than 4 so the answer would be 3/24 not 4/16.

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