What's Bigger 1/2 or 17/24?

Is one half greater than seventeen twenty-fourths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
/
Fraction 2
/
12
is smaller than
1724
Fraction Decimal Value
12 0.5
1724 ≈ 0.708
How much less?
12
is about 29.4% smaller than
1724