tisooza striendd
tisooza striendd voted up HappyTo BeHereTo's answer

There a couple of ways to do this.  You can write them with a common denominator and compare.

3/20 = 6/40  and    1/8 = 5/40

6 > 5 , so yes.

Or, convert them to decimals and compare.

3 divided by 20 is 0.15    and    1 divided by 8 is 0.125

0.15 > 0.125 , so yes.