the way i do these sums is to multiply the top by the top,and the bottom by the bottom and the simplify the fraction
in this case
2 5 10 1
- x - = - when you simplify = -
5 8 40 4
3
One quarter is two eighths, so five eighths subtract two eighths is three eighths.
Two divided by one fifth is the same as two times five. The answer is ten (10)
nine twentieths
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
1/5
3
84
One quarter is two eighths, so five eighths subtract two eighths is three eighths.
Two and five eighths
Two divided by one fifth is the same as two times five. The answer is ten (10)
2
nine twentieths
Two and five eighths as an improper fraction is 2625/1000 or 21/8
36
Two eighths = one quarter
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.