sharon completed her reading homework in 2/3 hour.she completed her science homework in 5/6 hour. how much longer did it take sharon to complete her science homework
you have to find a common denominator for 3 and 6. what do u think it is??
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To find out how much longer it took Sharon to complete her science homework, we need to compare the time it took her to complete her reading homework with the time it took her to complete her science homework.
Sharon completed her reading homework in 2/3 hour.
Sharon completed her science homework in 5/6 hour.
To find the difference in time, we subtract the time it took to complete the reading homework from the time it took to complete the science homework.
5/6 - 2/3
To subtract fractions, we need a common denominator. In this case, the common denominator is 6.
So, we convert 2/3 to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 6:
2/3 = (2/3) * (2/2) = 4/6
Now we can subtract:
5/6 - 4/6 = 1/6
Therefore, it took Sharon 1/6 hour longer to complete her science homework compared to her reading homework.
To find out how much longer it took Sharon to complete her science homework compared to her reading homework, we need to calculate the difference in time between the two activities.
First, we need to find a common denominator for the fractions. In this case, the common denominator for 2/3 and 5/6 is 6.
To convert 2/3 to a fraction with a denominator of 6, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 2:
2/3 * 2/2 = 4/6
Now the fraction 2/3 is equivalent to 4/6.
Next, we compare the fractions.
Sharon took 4/6 hour to complete her reading homework, and 5/6 hour to complete her science homework.
To find the difference, we subtract the time it took for her to complete her reading homework from the time it took for her to complete her science homework:
5/6 hour - 4/6 hour = 1/6 hour
Therefore, it took Sharon an additional 1/6 hour (10 minutes) to complete her science homework compared to her reading homework.