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Paul ran for 7/8 hour and walked ½ hrs to practice for a race. How much longer did he run than walk?

1.What is the number sentence

2. what is/are the operation(s) to be used

3.what is the answer

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Convert 1/2 to have a denominator of 8. 1/2 converted with a denominator of 8 would be 4/8ths. 7/8 is 3/8ths greater than 4/8th. Thus, he ran 3/8ths more than he walked.
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