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Without doing the math, determine which is greater, 40 . 1/4 or 40/14. explain your reasoning

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40 is greater because we can easily see that 1/4 is not a whole number that is less than 40 and the 40/14 will be changed into a lesser mixed number which again, is less than 40. 
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