if someone ate 4/5 of hotdog and someone else ate 16/20 of hotdog did they same amount

Question

Abby ate 4/5 of her hotdog for lunch. sam had the same hot dog for lunch and ate 16/20 of it Did they EAT THE SAME AMOUNT?

 

Answer 1

QUESTION: Abby ate 4/5 of her hotdog for lunch. sam had the same hot dog for lunch and ate 16/20 of it Did they EAT THE SAME AMOUNT?

The fraction 4/5 is the same as the fraction 16/20, so they both ate the same amount.

N.B. 16/20 = (4*4)/(4*5)

In the fraction (4*4)/(4*5), divide top and bottom by 4 to give (4/5)

Answer 2

yes har

Answer 3

YES

cuz 16/20 simplified is 4/5 which means they're the same

Answer 4

Yes, 3/4 and 16/20 are the same (and assuming the question is that Abby and Sam each had their own hot dogs of the same size!). You can approach these types of questions by reducing both fractions to their lowest forms - do this by factorizing each fraction's numerator and denominator and then dividing out any common factors.

http://statsfiddle.info/Calculator/ReducedFractions?id=16?denominator=20