Question

Jeremy walks 3 1/2 (three and one half) miles while visiting the park. Shawna hikes a 4 3/8 (four and three eighths) mile long nature trail. How much farther does Shawna walk? Help me please.

Answer 1

Shawna walks 7/8 more miles than Jeremy

Explanation:

Convert Jeremy's 3 1/2 into 3 4/8 (they're both te same now) and subtract it from Shawna's 4 3/8 which equals 7/8

Answer 2

Shawna walks farther
`(7)/(8)` miles

Explanation:

Jeremy walks
`3(1)/(2)` miles while visiting the park.

Shawna hikes a
`4(3)/(8)` miles long nature trail.

To calculate how much farther does Shawna walk, we will subtract the distance of Jeremy walks from the distance of Shawna walks.

The difference between the miles of their walks

`4(3)/(8)` -
`3(1)/(2)`

=
`(35)/(8)` -
`(7)/(2)`

=
`(35-28)/(8)`

=
`(7)/(8)` miles

Shawna walked
`(7)/(8)` miles farther than Jeremy.