Question

On Monday, Tiffany's plant was 2 3/4 inches

long. By Friday, it was 8 1/8 inches long. How
much did the plant grow?

Answer 1

The plant grew 5 3/8 inches

Answer 2

the plant grew
`5(3)/(8)` inches

Explanation:

to add these fractions, we need to convert 3/4 in order to have a common denominator

`(3)/(4) = (6)/(8)`

`8(1)/(8) - 2(6)/(8) = 5(3)/(8)`

the plant grew
`5(3)/(8)` inches