[usafa92]

It’s a poorly worded question and of course the answer is that Marty’s pie is bigger to begin with. There’s really nothing wrong with what either of them said, but I tend to side with the teacher on this. The question was how is this possible and there is an answer for that. Everyone gets all worked up about everything these days.

[WMarshal]

"It’s a poorly worded question and of course the answer is that Marty’s pie is bigger to begin with. There’s really nothing wrong with what either of them said, but I tend to side with the teacher on this. The question was how is this possible and there is an answer for that. Everyone gets all worked up about everything these days."

Read the test question again carefully. This is a logic question, not a direct comparison of fractions and the fractions mentioned are a distraction. The kid had the right answer and the teacher marked it wrong mistakenly.

Are you in education?

[Mr.Unique]

There’s really nothing wrong with what either of them said,

I'd suggest that you go back and read again. What you have said makes no sense.

[dinodino]

You’re absolutely wrong in siding with the teacher! Read the word problem again, carefully this time. I can’t believe anyone needs to explain this to you.

[Steve_Seattle]

The question assumes it is possible that 4/6 of something can be larger than 5/6 of something else. The kid pointed out how it was possible, e.g., if the 4/6 pie was a 12-inch pizza and the 5/6 pizza was an 8-inch pizza. I don't see how you can agree with the teacher.

I think the area of a circle is pi x radius squared. Rounding pi down from 3.1416 to 3, the 8-inch pizza would have an area of 3 x 4 squared, or 48 square inches. 5/6 of that would be 40 square inches. The 12-inch pizza would be 3 x 6 squared, or 108 square inches. 4/6 of that would be about 72 square inches.

[Ken Regis]

Yore dum.