Question

A stegosaurus dinosaur is about 15/12 as tall as an ankylosaurus. A stokesosaurus dinosaur is about 8/12 as tall as an ankylosaurus. The ankylosaurus is about 11 feet tall. Which dinosaur is the tallest? Shortest? Explain.

Answer 1

In order to determine which dinosaur is the tallest, consider that number 15/12 is a number greater that fraction 8/12. It can be noticed in the fact that both numerators are different while the denominators are equal.

Then, 15/12 is greater than 8/12, and the stegosaurusis the tallest.