Question

Giselle walked 2/3 of a mile and Philip walked 5/10 of a mile. Who walked more?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

To find out who walked the furthest we need to put each fraction over a common denominator to be able to compare them:

Giselle: `2/3 => 10/10 xx 2/3 => (10 xx 2)/(10 xx 3) => 20/30`

Philip: `5/10 => 3/3 xx 5/10 => (3 xx 5)/(3 xx 10) => 15/30`

`20/30 > 15/30` therefore Giselle walked further than Philip