Question

alexa and rosa read books that have the same number of pages.alexa book is divided into 8 equal chapters. rosa book is divided into 6 equal chapters.each girl has read 3 chapters of her book. write a fraction to describe what parts of the book each girl read. then tell who read more pages. Explain.

Answer 1

alexa read 3/8 and rosa read 3/6

Answer 2

Alexa has read 3/8 of the book
Rosa has read 3/6 of the book (reduces to 1/2)

Alexa : 3/8 = 0.375
Rosa : 3/6 = 0.5

so Rosa has read more pages then Alexa