Question

During his versus non school football team Wade made 5 of 9 field goals he tried during his second season he made 11 of the 15 field goals he tried in which season did he make the greater fraction of the field goals he tried

Answer 1

second season

Explanation:

5/9 ≈ 0.56 . . . first season

11/15 ≈ 0.73 . . second season

The greater fraction of field goals was made in the second season.

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You can also compare these fractions in this way:

{5/9, 11/15}

Multiply both by 9×15:*

{5·15, 9·11} = {75, 99}

The second fraction is larger.

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* The product of the denominators is the simplest number to compute as a multiple of both denominators. A smaller value can be found by removing a factor of 3, which is the GCD of 9 and 15. If both fractions are multiplied by 9×15/3 = 45, the result is {25, 33}. IMO, that's more work.