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you have 7 5/8 feet of yarn to make a bracelet.You only use 4 1/8 feet for the bracelet.How much yarn is left over?

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7 5/8 - 4 1/8 = 3 4/8 = 3 1/2 yarn was left
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3 5/8- you just turn them into an improper fraction and subtract them that way leaving the denominator the same. Once you do that you simplify the fraction
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