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four friends each ordered individual pizzas at a restauran. Suzy ate 3/8 of her pizza. Ethan ate 3/5 of his pizza. Tenaya ate 4/6 of her pizza.Sam ate 1/3 of his pizza. Who ate more than half of their pizza? less than half?

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when the denominator gets higher, the value of the fraction gets low, and vice-versa.

3/8 is less than half because 1/2 = 4/8. so suzy ate less than half.

3/5 is greater than half because 1/2 = 3/6. Ethan ate more than a half.

since 3/6 equals 1/2, tenaya ate more than a half.

obviously 1/3 is less than a half because 1/2 is equal to half.

So, suzy and sam ate less than a half while the others ate more than a half.

hope i helped ya!!! :)
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