Question

Honor spent 3 1/4 hours on homework yesterday sequoia spent 2 5/6 hours on homework. how much more time did honon spend on homework than sequoia?

Answer 1

Given:

`\begin{gathered} \text{Time Honor spent = 3}(1)/(4)\text{ hours} \\ \\ \text{Time Sequoia spent = 2}(5)/(6)\text{ hours} \end{gathered}`

To find how much more time Honor spent than Sequoia, subtract the amount of time Sequoia spent from that of Honor.

Therefore, we have:

First convert to simple fraction:

`\begin{gathered} 3(1)/(4)\text{ hours = }(13)/(4)\text{ hours} \\ \\ 2(5)/(6)\text{ hours = }(17)/(6)\text{ hours} \end{gathered}`

Now, let's subtract:

`\begin{gathered} (13)/(4)-(17)/(6) \\ =(39-34)/(12) \\ \\ =\text{ }(5)/(12)\text{ hours} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, Honor spent 5/12 more hours on homework than Sequoia.

ANSWER:

`(5)/(12)\text{ hours}`