What are the given facts?
John is 4 1/4 feet tall. Joshua is 1 1/2 feet shorter than John
What is asked in the problem?
How tall is Josh?
What is the operation to be used?
Subtraction
What is the number sentence?
[tex]4 \frac 1 4 - 1 \frac 1 2 =[/tex]
What is the answer to the problem?
[tex]4 \frac 1 4 - 1 \frac 1 2 = \frac{17}{4} - \frac{3}{2} =\frac{17}{4} - \frac{6}{4} = \frac{11}{4}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{11}{4} \qquad \textrm{or}\qquad 2 \frac{3}{4}[/tex]
