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3/5 X 1 2/7 is (greater than, less than, equal to) 1 2/7

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Change the proper fraction to an improper one to do the multiplication.

3/5 x 9/7

Since this is a multiplication problem you can just multiply across.

27/35

27/35 compared to 1 2/7 or 9/7 is less than because 9/7 is greater than 1

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