Cecily’s teacher held a raffle. To win the raffle, a student has to pick a paper scroll with an integer written on it. The chart shows the scrolls picked by Cecily and her friends.

Question

Name
Paper Scroll
Cecily
A scroll labeled 6.7.
Marty
A scroll labeled negative 37.
Jon
A scroll labeled StartFraction 7 Over 9 EndFraction
Fiona
A scroll labeled 3 and one-third.

Who picked the winning scroll?
Cecily picked the winning scroll.
Marty picked the winning scroll.
Jon picked the winning scroll.
Fiona picked the winning scroll.

Answer 1

To determine who picked the winning scroll, we need to compare the values on the scrolls picked by Cecily and her friends.

1. Cecily's scroll: 6.7
2. Marty's scroll: -37
3. Jon's scroll: $\frac{7}{9}$ (approximately 0.78)
4. Fiona's scroll: $3\frac{1}{3}=3+\frac{1}{3}=\frac{10}{3}$ (approximately 3.33)

Now we can compare these values:

• Cecily: 6.7
• Marty: -37
• Jon: $\frac{7}{9}$ ≈ 0.78
• Fiona: $\frac{10}{3}$ ≈ 3.33

The highest value is 6.7, which was picked by Cecily.

Therefore, Cecily picked the winning scroll.