What's Bigger 8/16 or 17/20?

Is eight sixteenths greater than seventeen twentieths? Use this calculator to quickly compare the size of two fractions.
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Fraction 2
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816
is smaller than
1720
Fraction Decimal Value
816 0.5
1720 0.85
How much less?
816
is about 41.2% smaller than
1720