Question

George has written 1 1/8 pages of a report that is supposed to be 3 1/2 pages long. How much more does he have to write?

Answer 1

2 3/8 pages

Explanation:

We have to write 3 1/2 pages.

We have 1 1/8 done.

Subtract to see how much we have left to do

3 1/2

- 1 1/8

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Get a common denominator of 8 1/2 * 4/4 = 4/8

3 4/8

-1 1/8

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2 3/8 pages