Question

Lizzie played tennis for 2 2/3 hours. Andrew played tennis for 1 1/3 hours. How much longer did Lizzie play tennis than Andrew?

Answer 1

You have to subtract Andrew's playing time from Lizzie's:


`2 (2)/(3) -1 (1)/(3)`

For simpler subtraction, we can convert the mixed numbers into improper fractions:


`(8)/(3) -(4)/(3) = (4)/(3)= 1(1)/(3)`

Lizzie played tennis
`1(1)/(3)` hours, or 1 hour and 20 minutes, longer than Andrew.

Answer 2

Andrew played for 1 hour and 20 minutes
Lizzie played for 2 hours and 40 minutes
Andrew played for half as long as Lizzie did, so Lizzie played for 1 1/3 hours longer than Andrew did. Hope this helps!