A box of pencils is 5 1/4 inches wide. Seven pencils, laid side by side, take up 2 5/8 inches of the width. How many inches of the width of the box is not taken up by the pencils?

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A box of pencils is 5 1/4 inches wide. Seven pencils, laid side by side, take up 2 5/8 inches of the width.

How many inches of the width of the box is not taken up by the pencils?

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2 5/8

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