Question

Sean’s office is 5 feet by 8 feet. Beth’s office is 4 feet by 8 . How much larger is Sean office?

Answer 1

8 feet

Explanation:

4 times 8 is 32 and 5 times 8 is 40 and the difference is 8

Answer 2

`8` feet bigger than Beth’s.

Explanation:

For this question, you need to multiply each room to figure out the size.

Seth’s office -

`8`
`x`
`5 = 40`

Beths office -

`8`
`x`
`4 = 32`

Next, you would need to figure out how much bigger Seth’s office is compared to Beth’s.

`40 - 32 = 8`

Seth’s office is 8 feet bigger than Beth’s.