Question

Tony wrote the following:

7 1/4 - 3 3/4 = 4 1/4 - 3/4

Is Tony’s statement correct? Draw a number line to support your answer.

Answer 1

yes, Tony’s statement correct

Explanation:

Lets solve both Left hand side and right hand side separately and then equate.

LHS

`7(1)/(4) -3(3)/(4) = (29)/(4) -(15)/(4)`

=
`(29)/(4) -(15)/(4 ) = (14)/(4)`

Taking RHS

`4(1)/(4) -(3)/(4) = (17)/(4) -(3)/(4) =(14)/(4)`

clearly LHS = RHS hence both quantities are equal to each other