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

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

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!  :)

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