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Is 5/7 greater than or less than 1/3

User Korbes
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5/7 is equal to 0.71429
1/3 is equal to 0.33333

0.71429 > 0.33333
5/7 is greater than 1/3
User S T
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the common denominator is 21  so 5/7 would be 15/21 and 1/3 would be 7/21 so 5/7 is greater than 1/3
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