Question

Mom's laundry basket was 5/6 full, dad's was 3/4 full, and ben's was 7/10 full.who had the most in their laundry basket

Answer 1

We need to find the larest of the fractions. Changing all of them to equal denominators
$\frac{5}{6} = \frac{50}{60}$
$\frac{3}{4} = \frac{45}{60}$
$\frac{7}{10} = \frac{42}{60}$
As we can now see, 5/6 is the greatest