melissa walks 1 and a half miles to school. After school she walks 7 eights of a mile to the park. how many more miles does she walk to school?
1 1/2 = 3/2 = 12/8
12/8 - 7/8 = ?
To find out how many more miles Melissa walks to school after going to the park, we need to calculate the total distance she walks to the park and subtract it from the distance she walks to school.
First, let's calculate the distance Melissa walks to the park. It is given that she walks 7 eights (7/8) of a mile to the park.
Next, let's find the total distance Melissa walks to school. It is given that she walks 1 and a half miles (1 1/2) to school.
To convert the mixed fraction 1 1/2 into an improper fraction, we multiply the whole number (1) by the denominator (2) and add the numerator (1). This gives us 3/2.
Therefore, Melissa walks a total of 3/2 miles to school.
Now, let's subtract the distance she walks to the park (7/8 miles) from the total distance she walks to school (3/2 miles).
3/2 - 7/8
To subtract these fractions, we need a common denominator. The least common multiple of 2 and 8 is 8. Therefore, we can rewrite 3/2 as (3/2) * (4/4) which is equal to 12/8.
Now we can subtract the fractions:
12/8 - 7/8 = 5/8
Therefore, Melissa walks an additional 5/8 miles to school after going to the park.