What's Bigger 1/2 or 17/20?

Is one half greater than seventeen twentieths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
/
Fraction 2
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12
is smaller than
1720
Fraction Decimal Value
12 0.5
1720 0.85
How much less?
12
is about 41.2% smaller than
1720