Question

Maria and joe are each reading a 6 page article.Maria completed 5/6 in the morning and 1/6 in the afternoon. Joe completed 2/6 of his article after school. How much more of the article did Maria complete Joe?

Answer 1

Maria completed 2/3 more of the article than Joe did.

Explanation:

Maria completed 5/6 + 1/6 = 6/6 = 1 whole article.

Joe completed 2/6 of the article.

Therefore, Maria completed 1 - 2/6 = 4/6 of the article more than Joe did.

Simplifying, 4/6 is equal to 2/3.

So, Maria completed 2/3 more of the article than Joe did.