Problema Solution

If Giselle's height after 1 year was 53 and 7/8 in one summer and the following summer was 62 3/5, by how much did her height increase?

Answer provided by our tutors

The first step is to make sure the fractions have common denominators

 

so we can make it 53 30/40 and 62 24/40

Now we subtract 53 30/40 from 62 24/40.

 

In the summer she grew a total of 8  34/40 inches