Question

Paige takes riding lessons 5 days per week for 2 hours each day. Maggie takes guitar lessons twice a week for 2 1 half hours each day, and piano lessons three days per week for 1 hour each day. Which girl spends more hours on lessons? How many more hours?

Answer 1

Paige spends 2 more hours on lessons.

Explanation:

First, you calculate each girl's time on lessons. Paige does her lessons 5 times a week and 2 hours each time. 5 times 2 is 10. Maggie does guitar lessons 2 times a week, 2 and a half hours each time. That's 5 hours. But she also has piano lessons. She has piano lessons 3 times a week, 1 hour each time. That's 3 hours. So in total, Maggie spends 8 hours on lessons. Now we know that Paige spends 10 hours and Maggie spends 8 hours. Paige has a bigger number so she spends more time on lessons. Then do 10-8 since we need to find out how many more hours she spends on lessons than Maggie. 10-8 is 2. So Paige spends 2 more hours on lessons than Maggie.