Jason lives 8 blocks from school. He has walked 2 1/4 blocks. How far does he still have to walk? Thanks so much
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7 4/4 - 2 1/4 = ?
Jason lives 8 blocks from school. He has walked 214 blocks. How far does he still have to walk?
To find out how far Jason still has to walk, we need to subtract the distance he has already walked from the total distance to school.
Given that Jason lives 8 blocks from school and has already walked 2 1/4 blocks, we can subtract this distance from the total distance to find the remaining distance:
8 blocks - 2 1/4 blocks
To subtract the fractions, we need to have a common denominator. Let's convert the mixed number 2 1/4 to an improper fraction.
2 1/4 = (2 * 4 + 1) / 4 = 9/4
Now we can perform the subtraction:
8 blocks - 9/4 blocks
To subtract fractions, the denominators must be the same. Let's convert the whole number into a fraction with a denominator of 4:
8 = 8/1
Now we have:
8/1 blocks - 9/4 blocks
To subtract the fractions, we need a common denominator of 4. Multiply the numerator and denominator of the first fraction by 4:
8/1 * 4/4 = 32/4
Now we have:
32/4 blocks - 9/4 blocks
Subtract the numerators:
(32 - 9)/4 = 23/4
Therefore, Jason still has to walk 23/4 blocks.