A class was keeping track of how many books on the summer reading list each student read. Sarah said she read 1⁄3 of
the 15 books. Dana said she read 40% of the 15 books. Which statement is true about the number of books the girls
read?
A class was keeping track of how many books on the summer reading list each student read. Sarah said she read 1⁄3 of
the 15 books. Dana said she read 40% of the 15 books. Which statement is true about the number of books the girls
read?
To find out which statement is true about the number of books the girls read, we first need to calculate the number of books each girl claimed to have read.
1. Sarah said she read 1/3 of the 15 books:
To find out how many books Sarah read, we can multiply the total number of books by the fraction that represents how much she said she read. So, (1/3) * 15 = 5 books.
2. Dana said she read 40% of the 15 books:
To find out how many books Dana read, we can multiply the total number of books by the percentage that represents how much she said she read. So, (40/100) * 15 = 6 books.
Comparing the results, Sarah claimed to have read 5 books, while Dana claimed to have read 6 books. Therefore, the statement "Dana read more books than Sarah" is true.
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