Question

Claire's sunflower is 1 and 8-tenths meters tall. Her sunflower is 5-tenths meter taller than Leon's sunflower. How tall is Leon's sunflower? Question Make an equation to show the height, in meters, of Leon's sunflower. Move numbers and a symbol to the blanks to make the equation. If there is no whole number, put a 0 in the first box after the equals sign.

Answer 1

1.3 m (1 and 3 tenths meters tall)

Step-by-step explanation:

The height of Claire's sunflower is 1 and 8-tenths meters tall. This implies that:

height of Claire's sunflower = 1 + 8/10 = 1 + 0.8 = 1.8 m

height of Claire's sunflower = 5 tenths + height of Leon's sunflower

height of Claire's sunflower = 5/10 + height of Leon's sunflower

height of Leon's sunflower + 0.5 = 1.8

height of Leon's sunflower = 1.8 - 0.5

height of Leon's sunflower = 1.3 m

Therefore the height of Leon's sunflower is 1.3 m tall