Clara is 4 feet 3 inches tall.Her older brother is 5 feet 1 inch tall.How many inches is Emillo than Clara? 1 foor=12 inches

Answer 1

You can convert all of the figures to inches and subtract that way. 4' = 4 x 12 = 48" so 4' 3" is 51"

5' 1" is therefore 61" and the difference is 10" as shown by Peter F.

There's another way to do it: 5' 1' − 4' 3"

won't work (can't take 3 from 1) but 5' = 4' + 12", so can borrow 1' = 12" from the 5'.

Change to 4' 13" - 4' 3" and get 10" that way.

Answer 2

Hi Kevin,

Emilio is 10 inches taller than Clara.