A Septonian said he had eaten .5 of his cookie while an American said he had eaten .5 of his cookie. Who ate more? Why?
The Septon ate 5 groups of 1/7 or 5/7
The American ate 5 groups of 1/10 or 5/10 which is 1/2
5/7 is larger, so the Septoian ate more.
Which number is larger? 1.00987 or 1.01
1.01 can be written as:
1 & 1,000/100,000
1.00987 can be written as:
1 & 987/100,000
Since 1,000 > 987, then 1.01 is larger
Source
Jeremy ran 27 laps on a track that was 1/8 mile long. Jimmy ran 15 laps on a track that as 1/4 mile long. who ran farther
Calculate Jeremy's distance:
Distance = Laps * Track length
Jeremy distance = 27 * 1/8
Jeremy distance = 27/8
Calculate Jimmy's distance:
Distance = Laps * Track length...
John mows 3 lawns in 4 hours, Paul mows 5 lawns in 6 hours. Who mows faster?
To see who mows faster, we set up fractions with a common denominator.
You can see this by running this statement in the calculator:
3/4 or 5/6
You'll see that 5/6 is larger, so Paul mores more lawns per hour.
John and Maria bought a medium pizza that has 8 slices. If John ate 2/4 slices and Maria ate 3/8, who ate more pizza?
Using our compare fractions, we see 2/4 is greater than 3/8. So John ate more pizza.