Austin watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 2 yards and the spider crawled 1/5 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
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Austin watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 2 yards and the spider crawled 1/5 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
To find out how much farther the beetle crawled than the spider, we can subtract the distance the spider crawled from the distance the beetle crawled.
The beetle crawled 2 yards, and the spider crawled ( frac{1}{5} ) of a yard.
Now, let’s perform the subtraction:
1. Convert 2 yards to a fraction with a denominator of 5 (since ( frac{1}{5} ) has 5 as the denominator).
[
2 = frac{2 times 5}{1 times 5} = frac{10}{5}
]
2. Now subtract the distance the spider crawled:
[
frac{10}{5} – frac{1}{5} = frac{10 – 1}{5} = frac{9}{5}
]
Thus, the beetle crawled ( frac{9}{5} ) yards farther than the spider, which can also be expressed as a mixed number:
[
frac{9}{5} = 1 frac{4}{5} text{ yards}
]
So, the final answer is ( frac{9}{5} ) yards or ( 1 frac{4}{5} ) yards.
Great job working through this! If you have more questions or need further help, feel free to ask
To find out how much farther the beetle crawled than the spider, we can subtract the distance the spider crawled from the distance the beetle crawled.
1. The beetle crawled 2 yards.
2. The spider crawled ( frac{1}{5} ) of a yard.
Now, we need a common denominator to subtract these. The common denominator for 1 and 5 is 5.
Convert 2 yards:
[
2 = frac{2 times 5}{1 times 5} = frac{10}{5}
]
Now, we can subtract the distances:
[
frac{10}{5} – frac{1}{5} = frac{10 – 1}{5} = frac{9}{5}
]
The beetle crawled ( frac{9}{5} ) yards farther than the spider. This can also be expressed as a mixed number:
[
frac{9}{5} = 1 frac{4}{5} text{ yards}
]
So, the answer is ( frac{9}{5} ) or ( 1 frac{4}{5} ) yards. Great job working through the problem! If you need more practice or deeper explanations, feel free to check the extended services page for additional help.
To find out how much farther the beetle crawled than the spider, we subtract the distance the spider crawled from the distance the beetle crawled.
1. The distance the beetle crawled: 2 yards
2. The distance the spider crawled: 1/5 yard
Now we perform the subtraction:
[
text{Distance beetle crawled} – text{Distance spider crawled} = 2 – frac{1}{5}
]
To subtract these, we need to convert 2 yards into a fraction with a denominator of 5:
[
2 = frac{10}{5}
]
Now we can subtract:
[
frac{10}{5} – frac{1}{5} = frac{10 – 1}{5} = frac{9}{5}
]
So, the beetle crawled (frac{9}{5}) yards farther than the spider.
This can also be expressed as a mixed number:
(frac{9}{5} = 1 frac{4}{5})
Thus, the beetle crawled (1 frac{4}{5}) yards farther than the spider.
To find out how much farther the beetle crawled than the spider, we need to subtract the distance crawled by the spider from the distance crawled by the beetle.
The beetle crawled 2 yards, and the spider crawled 1/5 of a yard.
We can express 2 yards as a fraction:
2 yards = 10/5 yards (since 2 = 10/5 when we convert it to a fraction with a denominator of 5).
Now subtract the distance crawled by the spider from the distance crawled by the beetle:
10/5 yards (beetle) – 1/5 yard (spider) = (10 – 1)/5 = 9/5 yards.
Thus, the beetle crawled 9/5 yards farther than the spider.
As a mixed number, 9/5 can be expressed as 1 4/5 yards.
So, the final answer is 9/5 yards or 1 4/5 yards.