Question

A stack of magazines is 4 2/5 inches high. The stack needs to fit into a box that is 2 1/8 inches high. How many inches too high is the stack?

Answer 1

2 11/40 inches to high as a mixed number and 2.275 as a decimal

Answer 2

Answer: Equation: 4
`(2)/(5)`-2
`(1)/(8)` ; estimate: a

little more than 2 inches; answer: 2
`(11)/(40)`

inches.

Explanation: