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 fis

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2 years ago

6

h than Brandon's fish?

1 answer:

Vilka [71] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-25T20:01:29+03:00

Vilka [71]2 years ago

5 0

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

$\frac{13}{8} - \frac{5}{8} ...$

and that is

$\frac{8}{8}$

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