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Explain how you could rename 5 to subtract 3 1/4

User Jeanpaul
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You would turn 5 into an improper fraction. You see, 5 really is 5 0/4. The way to make improper fractions is to do the number times the denominator plus the numerator, or in this case 5 times 4 plus 0. That would make 5 turn into 20/4. I hope this helped.
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