Question

In week 3 the two athletes concentrate on biking. Minh's goal is to bike 125 1/2 miles. At the end of the week he found that he actually biked 125 1/6 miles. PJ's Goal was to bike 120 1/4 miles. At the end of the week he found that he actually biked 120 miles. Which athlete was closer to making their goal? Explain

Answer 1

MINH:
subtract what was actually biked from his goal

= 125 1/2 - 125 1/6
convert to like denominators

= 125 3/6 - 125 1/6

= 2/6
simplify

= 1/3 or 0.3333333


PJ:
= 120 1/4 - 120

= 1/4 or 0.25


ANSWER: PJ came closer to his goal because 1/4 (or 0.25) is closer to zero which makes it a smaller number than 1/3 (or 0.33).

Hope this helps!  :)

Answer 2

PJ was closer because he was .25 away from his goal and Minh was .16666 away from his goal.