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7/8 _ 1 which is larger ?

User Saheel Sapovadia
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Answer:

1 is larger

Explanation:

It is helpful to recall what a fraction means. The denominator is the number of parts that you divide the units by. The numerator is the number of parts you take.

Divide 1 into 8 equal parts. Each part is 1/8. Now take 7 of those parts. You took 7/8. Since there are 8 parts in 1 and you only took 7 of them, you took less than 1. 7/8 means 7 parts out of 8.

That means that 7/8 is less than 1.

7/8 < 1

1 is larger

User JcKelley
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Answer:


1 \\ because (7)/(8) = .875 \\ thnk \: you

User Niklaus
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