IXL | Add and subtract mixed numbers: word problems

Rose walked 1 1/4 miles from school to Grace's house and 1 1/4 miles from Grace's house to her own house. How many miles did Rose walk in all?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

miles

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A marine biologist measured one fish that was 9 5/6 feet long and a second fish that was 8 1/6 feet long. How much longer was the first fish?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

feet

solution

Find how much longer the first fish was by subtracting 8 1/6 from 9 5/6.

Subtract. Remember to subtract whole numbers from whole numbers and fractions from fractions.

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Now simplify.

Write the answer.

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The first fish was 1 2/3 feet longer than the second fish.

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