Finneas plays with his toy mouse for 1/10 hour. then he chases a fly for 1/6 hour. How much longer does he spend chasing a fly than playing with his toy mouse?
1/10 = 3/30
1/6 = 5/30
5/30 - 3/30 = _______ = ________
1/15
To find out how much longer Finneas spends chasing a fly than playing with his toy mouse, we'll need to subtract the time he spends playing with the toy mouse from the time he spends chasing the fly.
First, let's convert the time spent playing with the toy mouse and chasing the fly into a common denominator. The common denominator for 10 and 6 is 30.
To find out how much time Finneas spends playing with the toy mouse, we need to find 1/10 of an hour when the denominator is 30. We can do this by multiplying the numerator (1) by 3 and the denominator (10) by 3 as well:
1/10 * 3/3 = 3/30
So, Finneas spends 3/30 of an hour playing with his toy mouse.
Next, let's find out how much time Finneas spends chasing the fly. We need to find 1/6 of an hour when the denominator is 30. We can do this by multiplying the numerator (1) by 5 and the denominator (6) by 5 as well:
1/6 * 5/5 = 5/30
Therefore, Finneas spends 5/30 of an hour chasing the fly.
Now we can calculate the difference:
5/30 - 3/30 = 2/30
The difference is 2/30 of an hour, which can be simplified to 1/15 of an hour.
So, Finneas spends 1/15 hour longer chasing the fly than playing with his toy mouse.