QUICK! Mike and Andy are each reading the same book. Mike read 2/4 of the book on Tuesday and 1/3 of the book on Wednesday. Andy read 1/2 of the book on Tuesday and 1/5 of the book on Wednesday. Andy says that altogether he read more of the book on Tuesday and Wednesday than Mike. Is Andy correct?
You need to add the fractions together. To add fractions you need a common denominator, so for mike 2/4 changes to 6/12 and 1/3 changes to 4/12 meaning he read 10/12 of the book. Andy read 1/2 or 5/10 and 1/5 or 2/10 so 7/10. By cross multiplying we see that 10/12 is greater so mike read more.
I made 1/3 and 1/5 into a equal fraction and 1/3 would be 5/15 and 1/5 would be 3/15 and 2/4 and 1/2 are the same so it just comes to to 1/3 and 1/5. Mike read more of the book than Andy
