The length of a rectangle is 4/5 feet. The width is 5/8 feet. How much greater is the length of the rectangle than the width?

I got it its 7/40.

Right.

To find out how much greater the length of the rectangle is than the width, we need to subtract the width from the length.

Given that the length of the rectangle is 4/5 feet and the width is 5/8 feet, we can set up the subtraction as follows:

Length - Width = ?
4/5 - 5/8 = ?

To subtract these fractions, we need to find a common denominator. The least common multiple of the denominators 5 and 8 is 40. So, we can rewrite the fractions with the common denominator:

(4/5) * (8/8) - (5/8) * (5/5) = ?
32/40 - 25/40 = ?

Now that the fractions have the same denominator, we can subtract the numerators:

32/40 - 25/40 = (32 - 25) / 40 = 7/40

Therefore, the difference between the length and the width of the rectangle is 7/40 feet.