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Erica ran 3/8 mile.Maria ran 3/4 mile. Who ran farther?

User Seph
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3/4 needs to turn into the common denominator 8. 6/8 Maria ran and Erica ran 3/8. So Maria ran further. 
User Ashley Grenon
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Heres how i remember it, The bigger the number the smaller it is. That would mean that Maria ran further
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