Question

At the Butler Ski Resort, it snowed 1/2 of a foot yesterday and 1/5 of a foot today. How much more did it snow yesterday than today?

Answer 1

It snowed $\frac{3}{10}$ foot more yesterday than today

Solution:

Given that, At the Butler Ski Resort, it snowed 1/2 of a foot yesterday and 1/5 of a foot today

From given information,

$\text{Snowed yesterday } = \frac{1}{2} \text{ foot }\\\\\text{Snowed today } = \frac{1}{5} \text{ foot }$

To find: how much more did it snow yesterday than today

So we have to find the difference between snowed yesterday and today

$\text{Difference} = \text{Snowed yesterday } - \text{ snowed today }\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{5}\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{1 \times 5}{2 \times 5}-\frac{1 \times 2}{5 \times 2}\\\\\text{Difference} = \frac{5}{10}-\frac{2}{10}\\\\\text{Difference} =\frac{3}{10}$

Hence it snowed $\frac{3}{10}$ foot more yesterday than today