Question

A tree grows 1 3/4 feet per year. How long will it take the tree to grow from a height of 21 1/4 feet to a height of 37 feet?

Answer 1

wow we gotta do a bunch of arithmetic here

Answer 2

first we need how much it grows'
what is \[37-21\tfrac{1}{4}\]?

Answer 3

I'm asking my friend and she is telling me a lot of complicated steps, and she says the answer is some how 14?

Answer 4

it takes two steps, although the division will take a couple in itself

Answer 5

Do I have to find a common denominator?

Answer 6

you have to subtract is all

Answer 7

as a first step

Answer 8

you can probably compute \[37-21\tfrac{1}{4}\] in your head

Answer 9

like if you have thirty seven dollars and you spend twenty one and a quarter, how much money do you have left?

Answer 10

that equals 16

Answer 11

you still have to subtract a quarter

Answer 12

9?

Answer 13

ok lets go slow

Answer 14

you have $37
you spend $21.25
\[37-21=16\] but \[1-\frac{1}{4}=\frac{3}{4}\] so you have only \[\$15.75\] left in terms of money
with fractions you have \[15\tfrac{3}{4}\]

Answer 15

now you have to compute \[15\tfrac{3}{4}\div1\tfrac{3}{4}\]

Answer 16

I have 8 whole and 4/7