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What is greater 2/3 or 7/8?

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First make them have the same denominator.
The LCM of 3 and 8 (the denominators) is 24.
2(8)/3(8) = 16/24
7(3)/8(3) = 21/24
21/24 is greater than 16/24 in this case

So 7/8 > 2/3

Hope this helps :)
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