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Why is 1/2 the greater sum for 6/13 and 1/8

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If you split a circle into 13 pieces and color in 6, it would be less than half.
And if you draw a circle with 8 pieces, and only color in 1, its still less than one half.
So, one half is bigger.

~Hope this helped :)
Why is 1/2 the greater sum for 6/13 and 1/8-example-1
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