5 and two thirds = 17/3 = 68/12
2 and three quarters = 11/4 = 33/12
68/12 - 33/12 = 35/12
Answer: 2 and 11 twelfths
1/12
3/4 - 1/2 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4
Two thirds. Cut a pie into 3 slices. Take away 1 slice (one third). You are left with 2 slices (two thirds).
take away 2 dimes and add a penny
2 thirds.
1/12
One take away two thirds is one third.
3/4 minus 2.5 is -1.75 or -1 3/4
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Three quarters of an hour is forty-five minutes.
3/4 - 1/2 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4
5/4 x 3/3 = 15/12 23/12 - 15/12 = 8/12 = 4/6 = 2/3 Two thirds
Two thirds. Cut a pie into 3 slices. Take away 1 slice (one third). You are left with 2 slices (two thirds).
2 thirds.
Two of them.
take away 2 dimes and add a penny
When you take a smaller-than-1 piece of something that's already smaller than 1, the result must be less than 1.