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Alison is making a 16-inch necklace. The first 4 1/4 inches are filled with red beads and 8 3/8 inches are filled with blue beads. How many inches are filled with white beads? Help me plz
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Alison is making a 16-inch necklace. The first 4 1/4 inches are filled with red beads and 8 3/8 inches are filled with blue beads. How many inches are filled with white beads? Help me plz

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12 4/8 I think... lol
User Ludwik
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First of all you add the whole numbers so 12 and 1/4 = 2/8 and 2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8 so 3 3/8 are filled with white beads
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