Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #8033: Adding and subtracting decimals word problems - unclear question
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-12-07 18:14:20+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, wrong-or-unclear

Reporter: kae@verens.com

the question is "How much faster was William than Gabriela?", given two seconds figures, 49.69 and 44.35

there are two answers to this: William is (49.69-44.35=5.34) seconds faster

or

William is (49.69/44.35=1.12) times faster

[adding_and_subtracting_decimals_word_problems.html?seed=134&problem=1](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/adding_and_subtracting_decimals_word_problems.html?seed=134&problem=1&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/adding_and_subtracting_decimals_word_problems.html?seed=134&problem=1&debug&activity=%5B%5D)

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