Question

In October, Jerry read for 3/5 of an hour every day for 20 days. How many more hours did Jerry read in October than in September?

( Jerry read 8 hours in September )

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Answer 1

multiply 3 * 20 * 8 divided by 3

Answer 2

3/5 of an hour would be 36 minutes (60/5=12, then 12*3=36). If Jerry read for 20 days, then he would read 36*20 minutes in October, so 720 minutes. If we are finding how many hours, we would divide 720/60, which would be 12. That means Jerry read 12 hours in October, and if he read 8 hours in September, then he read 4 more hours in October than September.