Question

Clarence is 42 inches tall. His brother Charlie is 37 inches tall. How much taller is Clarence?

Answer 1

Clarence is 5 inches taller.

Explanation:

You are using subtraction by doing 42-37

42-37 cross out the 4 to be a 3, make the 2 a 12 and subtract 12-7=5

3-3 is 0 so it would be 5.

Answer 2

Clarence is 5 inches taller.

42-37=5