Math word problem

Question

During the school holidays, Vanessa spent 1/8 of her day outside playing with her friends and 5 hours on playing board games. The rest of her time was spent in the house. How many hours did he spend in the house that day?

Answer 1

Hi Dieff,

Since there are 24 hours in a day: Vanessa spent 3 hours playing with her friends because 3 is 1/8 of 24 (3 x 8 = 24; 24/8 = 3).

Since Vanessa spent 5 hours playing board games: when we add 3 + 5, we get 8--which means that Vanessa spent a total of 8 hours outside of the house.

When we subtract the given day's hourly increments above of 24 - 8, we get 16.

That means that Vanessa spent a total of 16 hours inside the house.