Question

when jake bought his pet snake it was 0.87m long. now the snake is 1 1/4 m long. how much did the snake grow?

Answer 1

It grew 0.38. You have to convert 1 1/4 into 5/4 and divide that which gives you 1.25 and subtract 0.87 from it which will give you that he grew 0.38 m.