Question

Kiyo and Steven are tiling the floors in an

Answer 1

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Question:

Kiyo and Steven are tiling the floors in an office building. Kiyo tiled $\frac{3}{6}$ of the floor in  one office, and Steven tiled $\frac{5}{12}$ of the floor  in another office.  Write to explain how to use a benchmark  fraction to determine who tiled a greater  portion of a floor.

Answer:

Kiyo tiled a greater portion of a floor

Solution:

Kiyo tiled in one office = $\frac{3}{6}$

Steven tiled in another office = $\frac{5}{12}$

Bench mark fraction means comparing fractions with common fraction or number. Most probably we use $\frac{1}{2}$ as the common fraction.

Compare $\frac{3}{6}$ and $\frac{5}{12}$ using $\frac{1}{2}$:

$\frac{3}{6}$ is equal to the fraction $\frac{1}{2}$.

$\frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{5}{12}$

$\Rightarrow\frac{5}{12}$

Steven tiled the floor < Kiyo tiled the floor.

Hence Kiyo tiled a greater portion of a floor.