Question

Ginny Brown hoped her crops would get 3 3/4 inches of rain this month. The newspaper said the area received 3.8 inches of rain. Was that more or less than Ginny hoped for? By how much?

Answer 1

Answer:

More, by 0.05 or $\frac{1}{20}$ inches more.

Explanation:

Find out if the amount of rain was more or less by subtracting the desired outcome from the real outcome. If the answer comes out as positive then the amount of rain was more and if the answer is negative, it was less.

Workout:

$\sf real \ outcome - desired \ outcome$

$3.8 - 3\dfrac{3}{4}$

$3.8 - 3.75$

$0.05$

Hence, The rain was more than ginny expected by 0.05 inches more.