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On average, a chimpanzee spends about 2/5 of the day sleeping. A squirrel spends about 5/8 of the day sleeping. Which animal spends more of the day sleeping?

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Answer: Squirrel

Explanation:

To answer this question, we have to make the denominators the same. To do this, we can multiply 5 by 8, so we have a denominator of 40. However, we also have to multiply the numerator by 8, so the fraction 2/5 turns to 16/40.

Next, we have to multiply 8 by 5 for the second fraction, and 5 by 5. The fraction 5/8 turns to 25/40.

Now we know that 25 is greater than 16, so 5/8 is bigger than 2/5.
This shows that a squirrel spends more of the day sleeping.

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