Question

Luke lives 0.4 kilometer from a skating rink mark lives 0.25 kilometer from the skating rink who lives closer

Answer 1

Mark lives closer because 0.4=40 and that is more than 0.25 therefore it takes mark less time to get to the skating rink

Answer 2

Hey there!
Let's take a look at their decimal places.
For 0.4, the four is in the tenths place, therefore it's 4/10
For 0.25, the number ends in the hundredths place, therefore it's 25/100
To compare them, I can make the 4/10 out of 100 and we'll see which has the larger denominator.
To do this, we multiply 4/10 by 10/10 to get 40/100.
40/100 is greater than 25/100, so Luke lives closer to the skating rink.
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