Question

Larry Mary and Sarah share a pizza the fraction of the pizza each ate is shown in the table on the right which two children were closest in the fraction they ate?

Answer 1

Given:

The pizza is shared in 3 childrens and the fractions are

`\begin{gathered} \text{Larry}=(1)/(6) \\ \text{Mary}=(3)/(8) \\ \text{Sara}=(11)/(24) \end{gathered}`

The two childrens which are closest in fractions are,

`\begin{gathered} (1)/(6)\text{ is approxi}mately\text{ 0.167} \\ (3)/(8)\text{is approxi}mately0.375 \\ (11)/(24)\text{ is approxi}mately\text{ 0.458} \end{gathered}`

It is observed that Mary and sara are closely related with fractions.