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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Estimate the difference. seven-eighths minus six-sevenths 0 one-half 1 one and one-half

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@WHAT?! help me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Use mental arithmetic to give them the same denominator and estimate from there

OpenStudy (anonymous):

this is 6th grade math...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when I put it on the fraction calculator it gave me 1/56

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay well for a start you know both fractions are less than 1, therefore the difference cannot be 1 or greater than 1 they are both pretty close to a whole '1' so i would 'estimate' the difference to be closest to 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thx

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