Question

Mike, Jackie, Jeremy, and Niki were widely known to the be the fastest fifth graders at Robinson Elementary School. They wanted to know who is the fastest so they scheduled a race during recess. Their results are shown in the table. Who is the fastest student?
A) Jackie
B) Jeremy
C) Mike
D) Niki

Answer 1

Jackie is the fastest student. (Option A)

Explanation:

• From the table it was understood that their speeds are given in meter per second, that is how many meters they run in one second. It was again shown that Jackie's race speed is 5.3 meter per second and all the other three namely Jeremy's speed is 3.9 meter per second, Mike's speed is 4.1 meter per second and finally Niki's speed is 3.8 meter per second.
• So, by comparing with others Jackie is the fastest runner in that race.