Question

Ila read $25$ pages of book containing $100$ pages. Lalita read $\frac{2}{5}$ of the same book. Who read less pages?

Answer 1

Given

Ila read $25$ pages of book containing $100$ pages.

Where $25$ denote the Part

$100$ denote the Whole

we know that $Fraction=\frac{Part}{Whole}$

Hence, the fraction of the book read by Ila is $\frac{25}{100}=\frac{1}{4}$

Also, the fraction of the book read by Lalita is $\frac{2}{5}$

To find who read less pages

Consider

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}?\frac{2}{5} \\ 1\times 5?2\times 4 \\ 5?8 \\ 5<8 \end{gathered}$$

Since $5$ is less than $8$

Hence, $\frac{1}{4}<\frac{2}{5}$

Hence, Ila read less number of pages.