Alice records the number of hours spent studying English and math for four weeks. How many more hours did Alice study English than math during the 4 weeks?
A double bar graph titled Time Alice Spent on Activities. Week 1 through week 4 is on the x axis and number of hours is on the y axis. Each week shows a bar for studying math and a bar for practicing music. Week 1, math is at 6 and music is at 3. Week 2, math is at 4 and music is at 1. Week 3, math is at 9 and music is at 10. Week 4, math is at 7 and music is at 7.
To find out how many more hours Alice studied English than math during the 4 weeks, we need to add up the total number of hours she studied English and math separately and then subtract the total number of hours she studied math from the total number of hours she studied English.
Week 1: Alice studied math for 6 hours and English for 0 hours.
Week 2: Alice studied math for 4 hours and English for 0 hours.
Week 3: Alice studied math for 9 hours and English for 0 hours.
Week 4: Alice studied math for 7 hours and English for 0 hours.
Adding up the hours spent studying math: 6 + 4 + 9 + 7 = 26 hours
Adding up the hours spent studying English: 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 0 hours
Subtracting the hours spent studying math from the hours spent studying English: 0 - 26 = -26
Therefore, Alice studied -26 more hours of English than math during the 4 weeks. Note that the negative sign indicates that she studied math more than English.
so what is the answer
Apologies for the confusion in my previous response. Since we have no data on the number of hours Alice spent studying English, we cannot determine the exact number of hours she studied English compared to math during the 4 weeks.
To find out how many more hours Alice studied English than math during the 4 weeks, we need to subtract the total hours Alice spent studying math from the total hours spent studying English.
To calculate the total hours Alice spent studying math, we sum up the amounts for each week: 6 + 4 + 9 + 7 = 26 hours.
To calculate the total hours Alice spent studying English, we also sum up the amounts for each week: 3 + 1 + 10 + 7 = 21 hours.
Now, to find the difference between the two, we subtract the total hours spent studying math from the total hours spent studying English: 21 - 26 = -5.
Therefore, Alice spent 5 fewer hours studying English than math during the 4 weeks.