What's Bigger 1/2 or 14/16?

Is one half greater than fourteen sixteenths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
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Fraction 2
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12
is smaller than
1416
Fraction Decimal Value
12 0.5
1416 0.875
How much less?
12
is about 42.9% smaller than
1416