Question

James, Gilbert, Matthew, and Simon ran in a relay race.

James time: 2/3

Gilberts time: 11/12

Matthews time: 5/6

simons time: 7/12

Find the difference between the fastest boy's time and the slowest boy's time (40 POINTS!!!)

Answer 1

First thing you do is make all the denominators the same, these can all be multiplied up to 12.

8/12 11/12 10/12 7/12

Next thing you gotta do is find the fastest and slowest, ( the names don't matter because we are not identifying the fastest and slowest, only the difference ) 11/12 and 4/12

Last, we needa subtract these two to get our answer.

11/12 - 7/12 = 4/12 or 1/3

Answer 2

Answer


You make all the denominators to 12.

That makes Gilbert the fastest and Simon the slowest.