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What is 8 5/6 - 3 3/6

User Tanejah
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Okay well the denominator stays the same so leave to 6. Subtract the numerators, 5-3=2 so your fraction is 2/6 which simplifies to 1/3. Now you simply subtract the whole numbers, 8-3=5. So your answer is 5 and 1/3
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First tell me grade you are in...please..
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