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What is 1 1/8-3/4 also what is 3 5/8-2 7/8

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Answer: 4.25

Step-by-step explanation: Conversion a mixed number 3 1/

8

to a improper fraction: 3 1/8 = 3 1/

8

= 3 · 8 + 1/

8

= 24 + 1/

8

= 25/

8

To find new numerator:

a) Multiply the whole number 3 by the denominator 8. Whole number 3 equally 3 * 8/

8

= 24/

8

b) Add the answer from previous step 24 to the numerator 1. New numerator is 24 + 1 = 25

c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 25) over the denominator 8.

Three and one eighth is twenty-five eighths

Conversion a mixed number 2 3/

8

to a improper fraction: 2 3/8 = 2 3/

8

= 2 · 8 + 3/

8

= 16 + 3/

8

= 19/

8

To find new numerator:

a) Multiply the whole number 2 by the denominator 8. Whole number 2 equally 2 * 8/

8

= 16/

8

b) Add the answer from previous step 16 to the numerator 3. New numerator is 16 + 3 = 19

c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 19) over the denominator 8.

Two and three eighths is nineteen eighths

Add: 25/

8

+ 19/

8

= 25 + 19/

8

= 44/

8

= 4 · 11/

4 · 2

= 11/

2

For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(8, 8) = 8. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 8 × 8 = 64. In the next intermediate step, , cancel by a common factor of 4 gives 11/

2

.

In words - twenty-five eighths plus nineteen eighths = eleven halfs.

Conversion a mixed number 1 1/

4

to a improper fraction: 1 1/4 = 1 1/

4

= 1 · 4 + 1/

4

= 4 + 1/

4

= 5/

4

To find new numerator:

a) Multiply the whole number 1 by the denominator 4. Whole number 1 equally 1 * 4/

4

= 4/

4

b) Add the answer from previous step 4 to the numerator 1. New numerator is 4 + 1 = 5

c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 5) over the denominator 4.

One and one quarter is five quarters

Subtract: the result of step No. 3 - 5/

4

= 11/

2

- 5/

4

= 11 · 2/

2 · 2

- 5/

4

= 22/

4

- 5/

4

= 22 - 5/

4

= 17/

4

For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(2, 4) = 4. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 2 × 4 = 8. In the next intermediate step, the fraction result cannot be further simplified by canceling.

In words - eleven halfs minus five quarters = seventeen quarters.

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