Question

Malia and John each bought 2 pounds of sunflower seeds. Each ate some seeds. Malia has 1 and 1/3 pounds left, and John had 1 and 2/5 pounds left. Who ate more sunflower seeds?

Answer 1

The answer is Malia ate more because she ate 2/3 pound and John ate 3/5 pound. 2/3 is equal to .66666 and 3/5 is equal to .6.


.66666 > .60

Answer 2

Malia ate more.

Explanation:

Malia and John each bought 2 pounds of sunflower seeds.

Each ate some seeds.

Now Malia has left seeds =
`1(1)/(3)` =
`(4)/(3)` pounds

Malia ate seeds = 2 -
`(4)/(3)`

=
`(6-4)/(3)`

=
`(2)/(3)` pounds

John has left seeds =
`1(2)/(5)` =
`(7)/(5)` pounds

John ate seeds = 2 -
`(7)/(5)`

=
`(10-7)/(5)`

=
`(3)/(5)` pounds

Malia ate
`(2)/(3)` pounds = 0.67 pounds

and John ate
`(3)/(5)` pounds = 0.6 pounds

Therefore Malia ate more sunflower seeds than John.