Question

erica bought 3 1/2 yards of fabric, if she used 2 3rd of fabric. how much she has left?

Answer 1

you need to subtract 3 1/2 - 2/3

Answer 2

to subtract convert mixed number into fraction so you hvae 3 1/2 = 7/2

7 2
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2 3

Answer 3

\[3 \frac{1 }{ 2 }-\frac{ 2 }{ 3 }\]\[\frac{ 1 }{2 } \to \frac{ 3 }{ 6 } and \frac{ 2 }{ 3 } \to \frac{ 4 }{ 6 }\]
Change

Answer 4

\[2 \frac{ 3 }{ 6 }-\frac{ 4 }{ 6 }\]

Answer 5

Can you figue it out from there?