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Which one is taller 5 7/24 or 5 5/16

User Camon
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5 5/16 is taller because of you divide 5 by 16 its a greater decimal than dividing 7 by 24
User Anoop P S
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5/16 is bigger than 7/24 because if you get both of them to a common denominator you can see that 5/16 is clearly bigger. 
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