Hudson picked 1 1/4 baskets of apples. Suzy picked 2 basket of apples. How many more basket of apples did Suzy picked than Hudson?

3/4 baskets you have to subtract 2 - 1 1/2 to find how many more baskets Suzy picked than Hudson

We will have to subtract 1 1/4 from 2. But we must make them so that they have like denominators.

1 1/4 becomes 5/4.

Getting a common denominator, 2 becomes 8/4

so: 8/4 - 5/4

Suzy picked 3/4 baskets more than Hudson.