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Is 3/8 larger than 3/4?

User Janhink
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No, 3/4 is larger since if you used a common denominator of 8, 3/4 would be 6/8 and 3/8 would remain 3/8.
User Pitfall
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Multiply
(3)/(4) by 2 to get a common denominator.

That'll then show you that
(3)/(4) is bigger, as:


(3)/(4) × 2 =
(6)/(8)

and,


(6)/(8) is bigger than
(3)/(8)
User Xosrov
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