Question

Jackson played a video game for 1/6 of an hour. Hailey played a video game for 1/3 of an hour. Who played the video game for a greater amount of time?

Answer 1

You are deciding which is greater: 1/6 or 1/3.

In this case, a smaller denominator (such as 3) produces a greater value.

1/3 has a smaller denom. than does 1/6, so 1/3 is greater than 1/6.

Hailey played the game longer (1/3 hour).

Answer 2

Hailey played for longer. Think of it like this: if you have 2 pies and you cut one into 3 sections, and cut the other one into 6 sections, what pie will have larger slices? The pie cut into thirds (three sections).

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