8 8/16 or eight and eight sixteenths
seven 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.
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three sixteenths
1 1/16 - 3/8 = 11/16, or eleven sixteenths.
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One fourth is three twelfths. So eleven twelfths minus three twelfths is eight twelfths, which is also two thirds.
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.
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7 eighths = 14 sixteenths 14-3 = 11 so the answer is 11 sixteenths
4 and 18 over 32
-3 minus -11 is 8.
Expressed in its simplest form, 5 3/16 - 2 3/8 = 2 13/16 or two and thirteen sixteenths.