Question

Twelve and seventeen-eighteenths minus 4 and two-thirds is equal to what number?

8 and five-sixths

8 and five-thirteenths

8 and five-eighteenths

3 and one-sixteenth

Answer 1

\[12 \frac{17}{18}- 4 \frac{2}{3}\]

Answer 2

First convert it to proper fraction

Answer 3

\[12 \frac{17}{18}= \frac{12 \times 18+17}{18}=233/18\]

Answer 4

Can you convert 4 2/3 ?

Answer 5

is it

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

owe

Answer 8

\[4 \frac{2}{3}= \frac{4 \times 3+2}{3}= \frac{14}{3}\]
Now do
\[\frac{233}{18}- \frac{14}{3}\]

Answer 9

233-14=219

18-8=15

Answer 10

No ,you can subtract fractions with different denominator ,you should make it to common denominator\[\frac{233}{18}-\frac{14 \times 6}{3 \times 6}= \frac{233}{18}-\frac{84}{18}= \frac{149}{18}= 8 \frac{5}{18}\]

Answer 11

thanks

Answer 12

thanks