I honestly believe most journalists actually don't understand fractions. I often see a sentence that uses whole fractions when talking about statistics and percentages right next to each other.
Education needs a lot of work around here.
That said, while I'm usually inclined towards any policies that I feel will annoy marketing, I feel it's pretty straightforward that 1/3 is bigger than 1/4 with a very basic amount of reasoning. I'm frankly shocked at how many people struggle with it.
> A Yorkshire horse fair nearly a century old may not be able to go ahead this year as it runs out of options for places to hold it.
> Lee Gap Horse Fair has been taking place in some form in West Ardsley since 1136, making it 887 years old. Since 1995 the horse trading fair has taken place on Baghill Green fields off Heybeck Lane.
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/historic-hors...