Find the difference. You will have to borrow from the whole number and rename the fraction.
27 1/7 - 9 1/2 =

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Find the difference. You will have to borrow from the whole number and rename the fraction.
27  1/7 - 9  1/2 =

amistre64 · Answer

and they even give you instructions, how nice :)

anonymous · Answer

So what? I do not know how to do it. I don't know how to rename a fraction. Ask before being a jerk amistre64.

amistre64 · Answer

so, your question is not "find the difference"; it is more along the lines of:  what do they mean?

anonymous · Answer

What do YOU mean?

amistre64 · Answer

You have asked the wrong question apparently ...

amistre64 · Answer

to rename a fraction means to rewrite it so that the bottom numbers are the same

amistre64 · Answer

fractions are able to keep the same value while taking on different forms

anonymous · Answer

I know that. I just am not good with fractions. I hate doing school on a sunday! Arrrrgggghhh!

amistre64 · Answer

the simplest way to get the bottoms alike is to just turn them into "14" because 7*2 = 14