Question

Eff scored a 23/25 on his math test, Maria scored 21/24 on her math test and Jake scored 17/20 on his math test. Who had the highest score? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Answer:

Eff

Step-by-step explanation:

Fraction is a part of a whole, telling us how many parts of a whole we have. It can be converted to percentage or decimal.

Eff scored a 23/25 on his math test. Converting to percentage, eff score = 23/25 * 100% = 92%

Maria scored 21/24 on her math test. Converting to percentage:

Maria score = 21/24 * 100% = 87.5%

Jake scored 17/20 on his math test, converting to percentage:

Jake score = 17/20 * 100% = 85%

The person with the highest score has the highest percentage which is Eff with 92%.

Answer 2

Answer:

Eff had the highest score.

Step-by-step explanation:

The approach to determine who get the same score is converting each fraction to an arbitrary scale, which is 100 for this problem. Now, the conversions are presented below:

Eff

$x = \frac{23}{25}\times 100$

$x = 92$

Maria

$x = \frac{21}{24}\times 100$

$x = 87.5$

Jake

$x = \frac{17}{20}\times 100$

$x = 85$

Eff had the highest score.