ILL GIVE MEDALS:

Four friends went scuba diving. According to the following statements, who spotted sea life at the fastest rate?

Lance saw 3 reef sharks in 5 minutes.

Jasmine saw 5 sea cucumbers in 9 minutes.

Robert saw 8 jellyfish in fifteen minutes.

Shilpa saw 4 pencil urchins in ten minutes.

Question

ILL GIVE MEDALS: 

Four friends went scuba diving. According to the following statements, who spotted sea life at the fastest rate?

Lance saw 3 reef sharks in 5 minutes.

Jasmine saw 5 sea cucumbers in 9 minutes.

Robert saw 8 jellyfish in fifteen minutes.

Shilpa saw 4 pencil urchins in ten minutes.

helpblahblahblah · Answer

PLEASE!!

tkhunny · Answer

Convert each to the unit rate.  5, 9, 15, 10?  That's no good.  What might be a consistent basis?

anonymous · Answer

They are ratios so first put the creatures spotted as a fraction over how long it took for that person to see them

helpblahblahblah · Answer

ohhh thanks @YoungMathWiz

anonymous · Answer

so 4 pencil urchins in 10 minutes is 4/10

8 jellyfish in 15 minutes is 8/15

you will want to choose the fraction closest to 1

helpblahblahblah · Answer

ohhh thanks sooo much

tkhunny · Answer

Closest to one (1)?  I suppose, but this is only a coincidence of the data.  Don't get used to looking for that.

helpblahblahblah · Answer

okay thanks for the tip