5/8 minus 1/2 is 1/8.
The answer is 1.425 .
53/8
1½ = Twelve eighths so the answer is seven-eighths
Five eights plus two thirds minus one fourth is equal to 1.04
3¼
0.375
3.37500
1/8
One and five eights.
One and a half is twelve eights.plus five eights, is seventeen eights. That is two and one eighth in total, or 2.125 in decimal.
x=2.5-1.375=1.125 which is one and one eights.
Three fourths is six eights, so subtract one eight and the answer is five eights.