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How much bigger is a 1 1/4 inches button then a 5/8 inch botton

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It is the 1 1/4 button is 5/8 bigger than the 5/8 button.
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It is 5/8 bigger. If you turn 1 1/4 in into an improper fraction, it is 5/4. Because you cannot subtract two fractions unless they have a common denominator, you have to change 5/4 to 10/8. 10/8 - 5/8 = 5/8.
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