What's Bigger 4/12 or 5/16?

Is four twelfths greater than five sixteenths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.

Fraction 1

/

Fraction 2

/

⁴⁄₁₂

is bigger than

⁵⁄₁₆

Fraction	Decimal Value
⁴⁄₁₂	≈ 0.333
⁵⁄₁₆	≈ 0.313

How much more?

⁴⁄₁₂

is about 6.7% bigger than

⁵⁄₁₆