Question

Sara's paper airplane flew 8 1/2 yards. Jason's flew 8 2/3 yards. Michael's flew 8 1/4 yards and Denise's flew 8 1/6 yards. Whose airplane flew the farthest? Explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

The all flew 8 yards, so we can eliminate that for now.

1/2 - Sara - 6/12

2/3 - Jason - 8/12

1/4 - Michael - 3/12

1/6 - Denise - 2/12

Common denominator: 12

Jason's plane flew the farthest as his numerator is the largest (after we found a common denominator for all 4 fractions).