Question

HELP SIMPLE PROBLEM

Answer 1

\[5\frac{ 4 }{ 8 }-2\frac{ 6 }{ 8 }\]

Answer 2

show steps please

Answer 3

I'm guessing they're whole numbers. 5 and 4 8ths minus 2 and 6 8ths?

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

There's a couple of ways to do this. The way I would do it is to change the whole numbers into the fraction.
\[5={40 \over 8}\]\[2={16 \over 8}\]
So then it becomes \[{44\over 8} - {22 \over 8}={{44-22}\over 8}={22\over 8}\]
Then you can change that back to whole numbers.
\[{22\over 8}=2{6\over 8}\]

OR
\[5-2=3\]\[{4\over 8}-{6\over 8}=-{2\over 8}\]\[3-{2 \over 8}=2{6\over 8}\]

Answer 6

thanks!