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Is 2/4 greater than 2/5

User Instine
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2/4 is greater than 2/5 because if u use a model for 2/4 and 2/5 it will show 2/4 is greater
User Samudra Ganguly
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Yep! 2/4, also known as 1/2 is larger than 2/5. You can verify this by getting a common denominator of 20 by multiplying the top and bottom of 2/4 by 5 and the top and bottom of 2/5 by 4, and asking yourself of this is true: Does 10/20=8/20? No it does not! Therefore 2/4 is bigger than 2/5!
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