Thread: A fraction question

in 5 minutes, John completed 2 math problems. Paul said he did 3/5 of a problem each minute. Is he correct? Explain.


2 of us are disagreeing over the answer - as well as the explanation.

Would anyone be so kind as to provide the answer? Thank ou.

Originally Posted by fecoupefe

in 5 minutes, John completed 2 math problems. Paul said he did 3/5 of a problem each minute. Is he correct? Explain.


2 of us are disagreeing over the answer - as well as the explanation.

Would anyone be so kind as to provide the answer? Thank ou.

so ... what do you think?

We think the answer should be 2/5.

Thank you.

Im pretty sure Skeeter is correct on this one