John mows 3 lawns in 4 hours, Paul mows 5 lawns in 6 hours. Who mows faster? | MathCelebrity Forum

John mows 3 lawns in 4 hours, Paul mows 5 lawns in 6 hours. Who mows faster?

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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.
 
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