Amy finished 6/12 of the problems on her timed test. Jackson finished 4/6 of the problems on the timed test. Did they finish the same fraction of the problems? Explain.

Convert 4/6 to 8/12 -- and then compare the two fractions.

4/6 is more than 6/12

To determine if Amy and Jackson finished the same fraction of the problems, we need to compare the fractions they each finished.

First, let's find the common denominator for the fractions. The smallest number that both 12 and 6 divide into is 12.

Amy finished 6/12 of the problems on her timed test.
To make the numerator and denominator equivalent, we can simplify 6/12 to 1/2.

Jackson finished 4/6 of the problems on the timed test.
We can simplify 4/6 to 2/3.

Now, we can see that Amy finished 1/2 of the problems, while Jackson finished 2/3 of the problems.

Since 1/2 is not equal to 2/3, Amy and Jackson did not finish the same fraction of problems on the timed test.