Question

today Ian wants to run less than 7/12 miles write a fraction with a denominator of 4 to represent a distance that is less than 7/12 mile

Answer 1

The answer is 1/4 because 4•3=12 and 1•3=3 3/12 is less than 7/12

Answer 2

the answer is 1/4 because 7/12 is larger than 1/2 but 1/4 is 2x smaller