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Jamal and his mother traveled for 2 and 5/8 hours. He spent 2/3 of the time in the car sleeping and the rest of the time playing video games. How many hours did Jamal spend playing video games?

Jamal and his mother traveled for 2 and 5/8 hours. He spent 2/3 of the time in the car sleeping and the rest of the time playing video games. How many hours did class=

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cmartin103

So what you do is subtract 2 and 5/8 from 2/3. 

1. make the denominators the same by using GCD
8                       | 3
81=8               | 31=3 
82=16             |32=6
83=24             |33=9    
84=32             |34=12
85=40             |35=15
86=48             |36=18
87=56             |37=21
88=64             |38=24
89=72             |39=27
810=80           |310=30

2. find which ones they have in common, and use GCD to solve for the denominator
8 and 3 both have 24
so the GCD is 24

3. put your new problem in there
2 and 5/24 - 2/24= x

4.solve your problem for x
2 and 5/24 - 2/24= 2 and 3/24

5. now simplify 2 and 3/24
2 and 3/24 divided by 3= 2 and 1/8

6. so you can say
x = 2 and 1/8

 

Sorry to break it to you but this is mathmatics NOT english lol!!

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