As these numbers have the same denominator (5), we can simply take off unit for unit:
5-2 = 3
1/5 - 3/5 = -2/5
So we get 3-2/5 which is 2 and 3/5
So the answer to 5 and one fifth minus 2 and three fifths is 2 and three fifths.
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Call it 21 fifths minus 13 fifths, ie 8 fifths which is one-and-three-fifths
16/5 - 14/5 = 2/5
six and three fifths
We convert it into thirty-fifths. That gives 15 thirty-fifths minus 14 thirty-fifths which is one thirty fifth.
Three and four-fifths