Loreena needs 4 1/2 ft of yarn for a craft project she already has 3 3/8 ft how much more yarn does she need to buy

Answer 1

All you need to do is subtract the fractions.

First, change the mixed numbers to improper fractions.

4 1/2 becomes 9/2

2 3/8 becomes 19/8

Now make the denominators the same

by multiplying 9/2 by 4.

9/2 x 4/4 = 36/8

Now subtract.

36/8 - 19/8 = 17/8 = 2 1/8