What's Bigger 7/12 or 1/2?

Is seven twelfths greater than one half? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
Fraction 1
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Fraction 2
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712
is bigger than
12
Fraction Decimal Value
712 ≈ 0.583
12 0.5
How much more?
712
is about 16.7% bigger than
12