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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.

Is 5 over 3 equivalent to 9 over 6? Using our fraction comparison calculator: 5/3 > 9/6

Use our fraction comparison calculator: 3/4 is greater