The answers is... three eights!
To subtract one quarter from seven eighths, first convert one quarter to eighths. One quarter is equal to two eighths. Therefore, seven eighths minus two eighths equals five eighths. So, seven eighths minus one quarter equals five eighths.
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
three eighths
Three fourths is six eighths. Six eighths minus one eighth is five eighths.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
Two and five eighths
three eighths
To subtract one quarter from seven eighths, first convert one quarter to eighths. One quarter is equal to two eighths. Therefore, seven eighths minus two eighths equals five eighths. So, seven eighths minus one quarter equals five eighths.
three eighths
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
Three fourths is six eighths. Six eighths minus one eighth is five eighths.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
5/8 or five-eighths
One and three eigths
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Six eighths, or three fourths.
three eights