Question

A table is 3 feet and 2 inches wide, and a chair is 25 inches wide. How much wider is the table than the chair?

Answer 1

- There are twelve inches in a foot.

- Improper fraction way : 3x12=36, 36+2=38, 38-25=13.

- The table is thirteen inches wider than the chair.

- Mixed number way : 3 feet 2 inches. 25/12=2 R=1, 2 feet 1 inch. 3f-2f=1f, 2i-1i=1i

- The table is one foot one inch wider than the chair.

Answer 2

A table is 3 feet and 2 inches wide
= 3(12) + 2 = 38 inches wide

a chair is 25 inches wide

38 - 25 = 13 inches

answer: table is 13 inches wider than the chair