Hugo's bus ride to school is 2/5 of a mile and Mark's bus ride is 1/10 of a mile. How much longer is Hugo's bus ride than Mark's?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Question
Hugo's bus ride to school is 2/5 of a mile and Mark's bus ride is 1/10 of a mile. How much longer is Hugo's bus ride than Mark's?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
Solution
To find out how much longer Hugo's bus ride is than Mark's, we need to subtract the length of Mark's bus ride from the length of Hugo's bus ride.
Hugo's bus ride = 2/5 of a mile Mark's bus ride = 1/10 of a mile
So, the difference in length is 2/5 - 1/10.
To subtract these fractions, they need to have the same denominator. The least common denominator of 5 and 10 is 10.
We can convert 2/5 to 4/10 (by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 2).
So now we have 4/10 - 1/10 = 3/10 of a mile.
Therefore, Hugo's bus ride is 3/10 of a mile longer than Mark's.
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