Calculate Total Distance: Adding 19.2 and 22.6 Kilometers in Two-Day Hike

Question

Gerard goes on a two-day hike.

On the first day, he walks $19.2$ km and on the second day he walks $22.6$ km.

How many kilometers does Gerard walk in total?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:11 We'll use long addition for calculation

00:21 Each time we'll calculate and substitute accordingly

00:32 We'll place the units and remember 1 above

00:40 We'll add 1 to this calculation

00:44 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To calculate how many km Gerard walked in two days, we'll add up the number of kilometers he walked each day vertically as follows:

$19.2\\+22.6$

We'll add from left to right as follows:

$41.8$

Answer

$41.8$

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