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
One fourth is five twentieths. Nine twentieths minus five twentieths is four twentieths. Four twentieths is one fifth.
1
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