It is: 1/2 minus 3/8 is the same as 4/8 minus 3/8 = 1/8
Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 87.5% is equal to 7/8 or seven eighths.
four eighths would be one half or 50%
Three and three eighths in decimal is 3.375. A half is 0.5, a quarter is 0.25 and an eighth is 0.125, therefore three eighths is 0.375.
To find half of five and three eighths, we first convert the mixed number to an improper fraction. Five and three eighths is equivalent to 43/8. Half of 43/8 is 43/16, which simplifies to 2 and 11/16. Therefore, half of five and three eighths is 2 and 11/16.
23 and a half minus seven and five eighths equals 15.875
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
It is one negative half.
1½ = Twelve eighths so the answer is seven-eighths
2/8 minus 1/2 is -1/4
2 3/8
2 and 1/8
Seven and three eighths !
7/8 - 1/2 = 3/8
4
four eighths, which simplifies to one half.
6 3/4