Question

Alexa and Rose read books that have the same number of Pages. Alexa's book is divided into 8 equal chapters. Rose's book is divided into 6 equal Pages. Each girl has read 3 Chapters of her book. Write a fraction to describe what part of the book each girl read. Then tell who read more pages. Explain.

Answer 1

Rose has read more because 3/6 of a book is more then 3/8 of a book in Alexa's book the chapters will be shorter than the chapters in Rose's book.


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Answer 2

Rose has read more pages

Explanation:

we know that

Alexa has read
`(3)/(8)` of the book

Rose has read
`(3)/(6)` of the book

Simplify the expression and then compare

Multiply
`(3)/(8)` by
`(3)/(3)`

`(3)/(8)*(3)/(3)=(9)/(24)`

Multiply
`(3)/(6)` by
`(4)/(4)`

`(3)/(6)*(4)/(4)=(12)/(24)`

Compare the fractions

`(12)/(24) > (9)/(24)`

therefore

Rose has read more pages