Question

The local gym has 3 diffrent swimming pools. The length of each pool is shown below

.Pool A 34 and 2/3

Pool B 52 and 5/8

Jennifer swam 3 laps in pool A. Ryan swam 2 laps in Pool B. Who swam futher, and by how much?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Pool A

34 2/3 x 3
34x3=102
102+2=104

104/3 x 3/1 (3/1 is still a whole number)

104 x 3
_______
3 x 1

=312/3

Simplify

312/ 3
= 104



Pool B

× 4 = 1684 over 8

1684

8

Step 1 of 2: Multiply, sub-step a: Multiply.

Multiply

421/ 8

421

8

× 4 = ( 421 × 4 ) over 8
421 × 4

________

8

= 1684/ 8

1684/8

Simplify

1684/8 = 421/2

421 ÷ 2 = 210 remainder 1

Answer 2

Jennifer swam 3/4 further than Ryan

Explanation:

2/3=16/24

5/8=15/24

16/24×3=2

15/24×2=1 1/4