Question

Layla scored 18 out of 22 on a quiz and a 60 out of 70 on a test. Did Layla score a higher percentage on the quiz or on the test? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

the quiz

Explanation:

18/22 simplifies to 9/11 (uh-oh)

60/70 simplifies to 6/7

you can estimate from here that 9/11 is bigger, so she scored higher on the quiz

Answer 2

Layla scored higher on the test.

Explanation:

18/22 is 81.81%. And 60/70 = 85.71%.