Question

Victoria, Cooper, and Diego are reading the same book for theirlanguage arts class. The table shows the fraction of the bookeach student has read. Which student has read the leastamount? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Given:

Completion of reading in fractions:

`\text{Victoria}=(2)/(5);\text{Cooper}=(1)/(5);\text{Diego}=(3)/(5)`

Since the denominators,

`\text{The least value of the three given values is }(1)/(5)`

Therefore, Cooper has read the least amount.