No, 4 is greater than -8
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If you mean fractions, three eighths is greater than one eighth. That could also be read as 3 minus 8 (-5) is greater than 1 minus 8 (-7)
Eight minus fourteen is minus six.
Every one knows that! it's minus one (-1)
To compare two fractions, convert both fractions to a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 40. 7/8 is larger than 4/5. We can demonstrate this in several ways. In decimal 7/8 is 0.875 while 4/5 is 0.800. In fractions 7/8 is equivalent to 35/40 while 4/5 is 32/40. 7/8 is 1/8 less than 1, while 4/5 is 1/5 less than 1. We know that 1/8 is smaller than 1/5, so 1 minus 1/8 is more than 1 minus 1/5.
-12 * * * * * Wrong! -4 minus -8 = -4 + 8 = +4