Question

A piece of wire 7/8 meter long broke into two pieces.one piece was 1/4 meter long. How is the other piece

Answer 1

The second piece is 5/8 meters.

Explanation:

To find the length of the second piece of wire, subtract the length of the first piece of wire from the total.

7/8 - 1/4

Get a common denominator:

7/8 - (1/4) *2/2

7/8 - 2/8

5/8

The second piece is 5/8 meters.