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Charmaine made a shirt using 3/4 yards of green fabric and 5/8 yards of yellow fabric. How many more yards of green fabric did Charmaine use? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Answer: 1/8 yard of green fabric

Explanation:

Start by making the two fractions have the same common denominator, 8: 6/8 and 5/8.

After fractions share the same denominator, subtract the numerator and keep the denominator to get 1/8.

Charmaine uses 1/8 yard more of green fabric.

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