Five and a quarter minus two and a quarter is equal to 5 1/4 - 2 1/4 = 3.
Five eights plus two thirds minus one fourth is equal to 1.04
three eighths
four
Two thirds minus one fourth is equal to five twelfths.
0.375
1
One fourth is five twentieths. Nine twentieths minus five twentieths is four twentieths. Four twentieths is one fifth.
Five minus 1/4 is 4 3/4
three and one fourth
one forth
Three fourths minus five tenths is one fourth.
1/4 minus 5 is -4 3/4