Expressed as a mixed number in its simplest form, 8 5/12 - 5 3/12 = 3 1/6 or three and one sixth.
Converting to twelfths gives 9 twelfths minus 8 twelfths which is 1 twelfth.
It is: 3/8 minus 8/12 = -7/24
3/8=0.38 5/12 = 0.42 0.38-0.42=-0.04
three eighths over five twelfths is three eights divided by five twelfths which is: 3/8 ÷ 5/12 = 3/8 x 12/5 = 9/10
8/12, or 2/3
Five-twelfths or 5/12
68/12 or 5 and 2/3 or 5 and 8/12
Three fourths minus five tenths is one fourth.
Five minus 3/8 is 4 5/8
2/3 = 8/12 - 5/12 = 3/12 or 1/4
8/12 - 11/12 = -3/12 = -1/4
3 5/8 + 5/12 is 4 1/24.