Question

Phil has completed 1/4 of his shift; Darren has completed 3/7 of his shift; Alice has finished 1/8 of her shift; Lisa has 1/5 of her shift remaining. Out of the four employees, who has completed the least work time?

Answer 1

Out of the four employees, Alice is the one who has completed the least work time, since she only completed 12.5% of it.

Explanation:

Since Phil has completed 1/4 of his shift; Darren has completed 3/7 of his shift; Alice has finished 1/8 of her shift of her; and Lisa has 1/5 of her shift remaining, to determine, out of the four employees, who has completed the least work time, the following calculation must be performed:

Phil: 4 - 1/4 = 3/4 = 0.75

Darren: 7 - 3/7 = 4/7 = 0.57

Alice: 8 - 1/8 = 7/8 = 0.875

Smooth: 5 - 1/5 = 4/5 = 0.8

Thus, of the four employees, Alice is the one who has completed the least work time, since she only completed 12.5% of it.