Question

Abby caught a fish that was 10 3/8 inches long. Brandon caught a fish that was 8 5/8 inches long. How much longer was Abby's fish than Brandon's fish?

Answer 1

what you do is take 5 away from 3. No! Borrow 1 Whole (9) and makes it 9 13/8 - 8 5/8 then subtract the 2 fractions

`(13)/(8) - (5)/(8) ...`

and that is

`(8)/(8)`

then convert that into 1 whole. Now add the whole to the 9 and thats 10. Now, subtract the 2 whole numbers. 10-8=2 so the answer is 2