Chloe is 54 3/ 4 inches tall. Dwight is 1 1 /2 inches taller than Chloe and Jane is 1 1/ 5 inches taller than Dwight. How tall is Jane?

Answer 1

Hi Maliyah,

You can start this problem by determining Dwight's height first. He would be 1 1/2 inches taller than Chloe at 54 3/4 inches:

54 3/4 + 1 1/2 = 55 + (3/4 + 1/2) = 55 + (3/4 + 2/4) = 55 + 5/4 = 56 1/4 inches

Dwight is 56 1/4 inches tall.

Then Jane is 1 1/5 inches taller than Dwight:

56 1/4 + 1 1/5 = 57 + (1/4 + 1/5) = 57 + (5/20 + 4/20) = 57 + 9/20 = 57 9/20 inches

Jane is 57 9/20 inches tall.