Question

Ramesh read $25$ pages of a story book containing $100$ pages. Suresh read $\frac{2}{5}$ of the same story book. Who read less? Give reasons.

Answer 1

Ramesh read $25$ pages, out of $100$

Suresh read $\frac{2}{5}$ pages out of $100$

i.e., $\frac{2}{5}\times 100=40$ pages

$\therefore$ Ramesh read less no. of pages.