Question

Perform the indicated operation.

5 1/6 - 2 2/3

Answer 1

doesn't anyone own a calculator?

Answer 2

@satellite73 no actually i dont

Answer 3

they cost like $8 at the drug store

Answer 4

you are on a computer maybe? have a cell phone?

Answer 5

Make the mixed fractions into improper fractions.

Answer 6

Do you know how to do that?

Answer 7

Does this help?

Answer 8

or do what @AbdullahM said
\[5\tfrac{1}{6}=\frac{6\times 5+1}{6}=\frac{31}{6}\]

Answer 9

okay so i didnt do anything in middle school and now i actually wanna pass but i dont have background knowledge so all this is very hard on me

Answer 10

@SurpriseBreeze thank you

Answer 11

@satellite73 made \(\sf\Large 5\frac{1}{6}\) into an improper fraction. Can you do the same for \(\sf\Large 2\frac{2}{3}\)

Answer 12

Nevermind, you got the answer and that's all what you were interested in. You didn't want to learn...

Answer 13

@AbdullahM i do not no what a improper fraction is

Answer 14

it is a fraction where the top is bigger that the bottom

Answer 15

like \[\frac{31}{6}\]

Answer 16

another way to say it is a fraction that is larger than 1

Answer 17

@satellite73 then why do you turn 5 1/6 into a improper fraction if its already proper?

Answer 18

Because you can not add or subtract fractions when they are mixed fractions.

Answer 19

and when you want to add/subtract them you need to have the same denominator for both fractions.

Answer 20

@AbdullahM mixed fraction?

Answer 21

mixed fraction is: \(\sf\Large 5 \frac{1}{6}\)

Answer 22

@AbdullahM oh

Answer 23

You're in high school now?

Answer 24

@AbdullahM by luck yes

Answer 25

You're going to really review on your basics if you want to go take higher level math courses in college and stuff...

Answer 26

yea i no