Question

Tonya’s grandma has two pieces of cloth. She wants to estimate how much longer one piece is than the other. She will estimate to the nearest half inch. One piece is 4 7/8 yards long. The other piece is 6 1/8 yards long. The difference in the two pieces of cloth is about how much?

Answer 1

1 ¼ yards

Explanation:

6⅛ - 4⅞

6⅛ = 5 + 9/8

(5 + 9/8) - (4 + 7/8)

(5 - 4) + (9 - 7)/8

1 + 2/8

1¼ yards

Answer 2

Answer:2 6/8

Explanation:

Do you subtract the 1/8 from the seventh eighth to get 6/8th. Then you subtract the six from the floor to get 2