1½ = Twelve eighths so the answer is seven-eighths
The answer is 1.425 .
5/8 minus 1/2 is 1/8.
53/8
Five eights plus two thirds minus one fourth is equal to 1.04
3¼
0.375
3.37500
1/8
One and five eights.
x=2.5-1.375=1.125 which is one and one eights.
One and a half is twelve eights.plus five eights, is seventeen eights. That is two and one eighth in total, or 2.125 in decimal.
Three fourths is six eights, so subtract one eight and the answer is five eights.