Question

jimmy lives 6/10 of a mile from the observatory. sylvia lives 2/5 of a mile from the observatory. how much closer is sylvia to the observatory? explain all the steps you used to find your answer.​

Answer 1

1/5 closer to the observatory than Jimmy.

Explanation:

If the question is asking how much closer to the observatory Sylvia is than Jimmy, we can use simple math.

Jimmy's distance is 6/10.

However, Sylvia's is 2/5. But we can turn that into a fraction with the same denominator as Jimmy's distance.

It would be 4/10.

Subtracting 4/10 from 6/10, you get 2/10, or 1/5.

Sylvia is 1/5 closer to the observatory than Jimmy.