Question

Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter. How much older is the mother than her daughter?

Answer 1

The mother is older than her daughter by $\frac{3}{4}m$ years

Step-by-step explanation:

Mother is m years old, and she is four times as old as her daughter.

we need to find how much older the mother is than her daughter

• Put the age of mother equal 4 times the age of daughter
• Find the age of daughter
• Subtract the age of daughter from the age of mother to find how much older the mother than her daughter

∵ The mother's age = m

∵ Her age is four times as old as her daughter

∴ m = 4 × daughter's age

- Divide both sides by 4

∴ $\frac{1}{4}m$ = daughter's age

- Subtract the daughter's age from her mother's age

∵ The difference of their ages = m - $\frac{1}{4}m$

- Change 1 m to a fraction of denominator 4, then 1 m = $\frac{4}{4}m$

∴ The difference between their ages = $\frac{4}{4}m$ - $\frac{1}{4}m$ = $\frac{3}{4}m$

∴ The mother is older than her daughter by $\frac{3}{4}m$ years

The mother is older than her daughter by $\frac{3}{4}m$ years

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