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Alexa and Rose read books that have the same number of pages. Alexa's book is divided into 8 equal chapters. Rose's book is divided into 6 equal chapters. Each girl has read 3 chapters of her book. Write
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Alexa and Rose read books that have the same number of pages. Alexa's book is divided into 8 equal chapters. Rose's book is divided into 6 equal chapters. Each girl has read 3 chapters of her book. Write a fraction to describe what part of the book each girl read. Then tell who read more pages. Explain

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Alexa read 3/8, Rose read 3/6. Rose read more becase if you symplify 3/6 you get 1/2. 1/2 is a larger portion than 3/8.
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Alexa has read 3/8 chapters, while Rose has read 3/6, or 1/2, meaning that Rose has read more pages than Alexa.
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