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Estimate the difference: 3 2/5 - 5/8

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Answer: 3

Step-by-step explanation: Half of 5 is 2.5 so 3 2/5 will be estimated to a 3 1/2 and 5/8 is very close to 4 which is half of 8. so 5/8 will be estimated to 1/2! Both of them subtracted is gonna be 3 because 1/2 - 1/2 is 0!

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