Question

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John is 4 1/4 feet tall. Joshua is 1 1/2 feet shorter than John. How tall is Josh?

What are the given facts?
What is asked in the problem?
What is the operation to be used?
What is the number sentence?
What is the answer to the problem?

Answer 1

1) John is 4 1/4 feet tall. Joshua is 1 1/2 feet shorter than John.

2) How tall is Josh?

3) Subtraction

4) 4 1/4 - 1 1/2

5) 3 1/2

I hope this has helped :)

Answer 2

What are the given facts?

John is 4 1/4 feet tall. Joshua is 1 1/2 feet shorter than John

What is asked in the problem?

How tall is Josh?

What is the operation to be used?

Subtraction

What is the number sentence?


`4 \frac 1 4 - 1 \frac 1 2 =`

What is the answer to the problem?


`4 \frac 1 4 - 1 \frac 1 2 = (17)/(4) - (3)/(2) =(17)/(4) - (6)/(4) = (11)/(4)`


`(11)/(4) \qquad \textrm{or}\qquad 2 (3)/(4)`