Question

Molly's jump rope is 6 1/3 feet long. Gail's jump rope is 4 2/3 feet long. How much longer is Molly's jump rope?

Answer 1

Molly's jump rope is: 6 1/3 feet long
Gail's jump rope is: 4 2/3 feet long

The Question asks how much longer is Molly's jump rope than Gail's

Lets write it as an algebraic expression:

4 2/3 + x = 6 1/3

Next we should subtract 4 2/3 from both sides of the equation:

4 2/3 - 4 2/3 + x = 6 1/3 - 4 2/3
x = 2 -1/3

x is equal to two negative one third feet

Answer 2

If you would like to know how much longer is Molly's jump rope, you can calculate this using the following steps:

6 1/3 feet long - 4 2/3 feet long = 6 1/3 - 4 2/3 = 19/3 - 14/3 = 5/3 = 1 2/3

The correct result would be 1 2/3 feet longer.