8 8/16 or eight and eight sixteenths
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Instead of "a half", write "eight sixteenths". That doesn't change the value of any numbers, but it makes it a lot easier to subtract the three sixteenths from the eight sixteenths.
7 eighths = 14 sixteenths 14-3 = 11 so the answer is 11 sixteenths
-3 minus -11 is 8.