85/12
Working:-
Get all your divisors the same so I'd go for 12 since both 3 and 4 can be made to 12 easily.
Then get all your fractions into that divisor.
Remember to do the same to the top and bottom.
and 2/3 becomes (2*4) over (3*4) = 8/12
and 1/4 becomes (1*3) over (4*3) = 3/12
So our sum is now 8 - 11/12
7 and 1/12 is the final answer. (7*12 = 84)
Two thirds minus one fourth is equal to five twelfths.
three and one twelfth
Two thirds.
9 minus 2 and one fourth is equal to 9 - 2.25. This calculation results in 6.75. Therefore, 9 minus 2 and one fourth equals 6.75.
negative 2 and two thirds
Five eights plus two thirds minus one fourth is equal to 1.04
Two thirds minus one fourth is equal to five twelfths.
three and one twelfth
Two thirds.
5/12 of a cup of oil
Five-twelfths or 5/12
Eleven twelfths.
9 minus 2 and one fourth is equal to 9 - 2.25. This calculation results in 6.75. Therefore, 9 minus 2 and one fourth equals 6.75.
2/3 minus 1/12 is 7/12.
Five and a quarter minus two and a quarter is equal to 5 1/4 - 2 1/4 = 3.
one forth
One minus two thirds is one third.