Wednesday 25 January 2017

Serious sarnies


Pupil A and Pupil B each had two sandwiches of the same size.
Pupil A ate 1 and 1/4 of her sandwiches.
Pupil B ate 5/4 of his sandwiches.

Miss Godfrey said that Pupil B ate more because 5 is the biggest number.
Miss Diss said Pupil A ate more because she ate a whole sandwich.

What do you think about Miss Godfrey and Miss Diss' statements?

17 comments:

  1. They are both wrong because 1 whole and 1/4 is the same as 5/4. The numerator can't be bigger than the denominator but if it is it would mean that there is a whole in the fraction.

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    1. What do you call a fraction when the numerator is bigger than the denominator?

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  2. They are both wrong because 5/4 is 1 whole and 1/4 and 1 whole and 1/4 is the same so they both had out of two sandwitches . So Mrs Godfery and Mrs Diss are both wrong.

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    1. I agree that both Miss Diss and Miss Godfrey are wrong, but did they really eat two whole sandwiches Tofe?

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  3. They're both wrong because Pupil A and B both ate the same number of sandwiches. 5/4 is exactly the same as 1 and 1/4. 5/4 is an improper fraction and if you convert it to a mixed one you get 1 and 1/4. Like this. 5/4. 4/4 is one whole so that is one. How many is left? 1. 5-4=1. So 1 and 1/4.

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  4. i think pupil A because it say 1 whole and 1 out of 4 1 whole but pupli B has only ate 5 out of 4 so miss diss is right 1 whole is bigger 5 out 4 1 out 4 isjust bit more

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  5. Pupil A ate 1/4 and
    Pupil B ate 5/4 and
    Miss codfrey said pupil B ate more and
    Miss diss said pupil A ate more but is she correct Miss Codfrey was correct because 5/4 is way bigger because it starts with a 5 but miss diss was incorrect because 1 is smaller then 5 miss codfrey was correct

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  6. Miss G is right because 5 is big and Miss D is wrong because 1 is small

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  7. Both of them are right because listen about what there saying miss Godfrey thinks 5/4 is bigger than1 whole and1/4 and miss Diss thinks that 1 whole is bigger than 5/4 to be continued

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    1. Hmmm, you need to carry on thinking about this Jason.

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  8. I think that miss Diss is right because Pupil A ate one and one quarter but pupil B had one fith of sandwich and one whole and a quarter is bigger.

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  9. miss Godfrey is right because 5/4 is bigger than 1 hole and 1 hole is smaller than 5/4

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    1. You are forgetting the extra quarter. Read the question again Oshane.

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  10. but there the same amount like this 5/4=1 whole and 1/4.

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