One spring, a group of students measured rainfall
totals at their school. This chart shows how many
inches of rain the students measured each month.
How many more inches did it rain in May than in
April?
MONTH RAINFALL
March 3.9
April 6.9
May 9.4
May have rained 2.5 more inches then in April. First you would need to subtract 9.4 because that’s how much it rained in May and then subtract it with 6.9 because that’s how much it rained in April. Then you get the answer of 2.5. You didn’t have to subtract the March because they didn’t ask you for the inches for the March.
