Question

Brent is making lasagna for Tim and sandy.Brent wants each person to pick out a share of the lasagna.Tim thinks if he takes one half of the lasagna he will have the largest share.Sandy thinks if she takes two sixths of the lasagna she will have the largest share.Who is correct.Use numbers and symbols to support your answer.

Answer 1

Tim is correct.

Explanation:

Tim is very simple , he wants 1/2 of the food.

Sandy wants 2/6 of the food, simplifying this to 1/3 to make the tops of both fractions line up.

1/2>1/3

Tim is correct as he has the larger piece