Question

Sarah ' s paper airplane flew 8 1/2 yards. Jason's flew 8 2/3 yards. Michaels flew 8 1/4 yards and Denis' s flew 8 1/6 yards. whose airplane flew the farthest? explain how you found your answer.

Answer 1

They all flew 8 and something yards so we can just worry about the fractions. If you think about a pizza, one half of a pizza is bigger that both 1/4 and 1/6. But it is smaller that two thirds. So Jasons flew the farthest