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What is greater -1/2 or -1 1/4

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Answer:-1/2 would be greater.

Explanation:

A simple explanation is looking at it on a number line. By putting both numbers on the number line, you would see that -1/2 would be closer to 0.

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If you use a number line to plot these values, you'll see -1/2 is greater than 1 1/4

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