Multi-step: this week, maddie worked 2 1/2 hours on monday, 2 2/3 hours on tuesday, and 3 1/4 hours on wednesday. how many more hours will madie need to work this week to make her goal of 10 1/2 hours a week? ( show steps )

2 1/12

Step-by-step explanation:

Maddie wants her total hours to be 10 1/2. That is, she want the sum of the daily hours to be that value:

... 10 1/2 = 2 1/2 + 2 2/3 + 3 1/4 + (more hours)

Subtracting the contant terms on the right, we can find the value of (more hours).

... 10 1/2 - 2 1/2 - 2 2/3 - 3 1/4 = (more hours)

Doing the subtraction left to right, we have

... 8 - 2 2/3 - 3 1/4 = (more hours)

... 5 1/3 - 3 1/4 = (more hours)

... 2 1/12 = (more hours)

The only subtraction that may require any extra effort is subtracting 1/4 from 1/3.

... (1/3) - (1/4) = (4/12) - (3/12) = (4 -3)/12 = 1/12

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