What's Bigger 6/12 or 17/20?

Is six twelfths greater than seventeen twentieths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
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Fraction 2
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612
is smaller than
1720
Fraction Decimal Value
612 0.5
1720 0.85
How much less?
612
is about 41.2% smaller than
1720