High School

Paige takes riding lessons 5 days per week for 2 hours each day. Maggie takes guitar lessons twice a week for 2.5 hours each day and piano lessons three days per week for 1 hour each day.

Which girl spends more hours on lessons? How many more hours?

Answer :

Answer:

Paige spends 2 more hours on lessons.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, you calculate each girl's time on lessons. Paige does her lessons 5 times a week and 2 hours each time. 5 times 2 is 10. Maggie does guitar lessons 2 times a week, 2 and a half hours each time. That's 5 hours. But she also has piano lessons. She has piano lessons 3 times a week, 1 hour each time. That's 3 hours. So in total, Maggie spends 8 hours on lessons. Now we know that Paige spends 10 hours and Maggie spends 8 hours. Paige has a bigger number so she spends more time on lessons. Then do 10-8 since we need to find out how many more hours she spends on lessons than Maggie. 10-8 is 2. So Paige spends 2 more hours on lessons than Maggie.

Final answer:

Paige spends more time on lessons than Maggie, with a total of 10 hours per week compared to Maggie's 8 hours per week. Paige spends 2 more hours on lessons compared to Maggie.

Explanation:

To determine which girl spends more hours on lessons, let's calculate the total weekly lesson time for each girl.

Paige's Riding Lessons

Paige takes riding lessons 5 days a week for 2 hours each day.

5 days × 2 hours/day = 10 hours/week

Maggie's Music Lessons

Maggie takes guitar lessons twice a week for 2.5 hours each day and piano lessons three times a week for 1 hour each day.

Guitar lessons: 2 days × 2.5 hours/day = 5 hours/week

Piano lessons: 3 days × 1 hour/day = 3 hours/week

Total music lesson time for Maggie: 5 hours/week + 3 hours/week = 8 hours/week

Comparison

Now that we have the total hours each girl spends on lessons per week, we can compare them.

Paige: 10 hours/week

Maggie: 8 hours/week

Paige spends more hours on lessons. She spends 2 more hours on lessons than Maggie does each week.