7/8 - 1/4. First, I reccommend finding a LCD (lowest common denominator) to make subtraction simpler. What is the lowest multiple of 8 that 4 goes into? 8. So, 7/8 - 2/8 = 5/8.
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One minus one eighth is seven eighths.
1/8
nine eighths or one and one eighth.
One fourth is equivalent to two eighths so total is nine eighths ie one and one-eighth.
7/8 - 1/2 = 3/8
1/8
Three eighths minus one fourth is one eighth.
Six and one fourth minus three and five eighths is two and seven eighths.
One minus one eighth is seven eighths.
three eighths
five eighths 1/4 = 2/8 7/8 - 2/8 = 5/8
zero
1
It is one negative half.
1/8
0.625
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.