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Is one-fifth less than two-eigths

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

1/5 = .20 (in decimals) & 2/8 = .25

So, Yes, 1/5 < 2/8 (as we can directly see above by conversion into decimals)!

Alternative method: Make the denominator's same --->(1/5) * (8/8) = 8/40

and, (2/8) * (5/5) = 10/40

So, clearly, 2/8 > 1/5!

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14y ago

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