Question

a carpenter has a board that has 8ft long. he cuts off two pieces. one piece is 3 wholes and 1 half long. and the other one is 2 and 1 third . how much of the board is left

Answer 1

If you subtract them all

8ft-3 1/2-2 1/3 you will get the answer of 2 1/6


so the answer would be 2 and one-sixth