Explain a strategy you could use to compare 2/6 and 5/8

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Hi there!

An easy strategy to compare fractions is to get a common denominator in both. In this case we could come up with the common denominator of 24 by multiplying 2/6 * 4 and 5/8 * 3.

2/6 * 4 and 5/8 * 3 <--- Equation.
8/24 and 15/24 <--- Simplified from step 1.

And now it's easy to compare!

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