J.T. shaded 3/5 of a rectangle. Mary shaded 4/12 of a congruent rectangle. who shaded more. how do you know

Answer 1

Use equivalent fractions with the same denominator.

3/5 = 36/60
4/12 = 20/60

Answer 2

3/5 = 36/60
4/12 = 20/50

so 3/5 is bigger