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Carlos ran 3/8 of the race course. Lori ran 3/6 of the same race. Who ran further? Explain.
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Carlos ran 3/8 of the race course. Lori ran 3/6 of the same race. Who ran further? Explain.

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since it has a smaller denominator, the numerators have the same look as the smaller numerator 
User Diogo Cunha
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Lori ran further because if you divide 3 by 8 (3/8) you would get 0.325 and if you divide 3 by 6 (3/6) you would get 0.5 and 0.5 is greater than 0.325 meaning Lori ran faster than Carlos.
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