Question

If 6/7 of a class was absent due to illness and 2/5 of the school was absent due to illness, is the fraction of the class that was absent equivalent to the fraction of the entire school that was absent?

Answer 1

We have to convert the fraction to a decimal number, because the fractions given are in the simplest form

$\frac{6}{7}=0.86$$\frac{2}{5}=0.4$

as we can see the fractions given are not equivalent because the decimal number must be the same in equivalent fractions.

Therefore