Question

Aaron and noah wanted to have a contest to see which of their paper airplanes could fly the longest distance. Aaron's plane flew 4 meters. Noah's plane flew 79 centimeters. How much further did aaron's plane fly in meters? (don't forget to include units of measure in final answer.)

Answer 1

Aaron's plane flew 3.21 meters further than Noah's plane.

Explanation

Aaron's plane flew 4 meters and Noah's plane flew 79 centimeters.

So, first we need to convert 79 centimeters into meters.

We know that, 1 centimeter = 0.01 meter

So, 79 centimeters = $(0.01*79)meter= 0.79 meter$

Now, the difference of distance between Aaron's plane and Noah's plane is $(4-0.79) meters = 3.21 meters$