Actually... it is -4.5.
1/2 = .5
.5-5= -4.5
1 and one half
Negative one half
The answer is 1.425 .
91/8
two one half
75 and a half
1 and one half
Negative one half
The answer is 1.425 .
5.08333333333333333
zero, one half equals five tenths, just as 4/8 and 2/4
91/8
5/8 minus 1/2 is 1/8.
two one half
1 1/8
It is four 8ths which is also one half.
23 and a half minus seven and five eighths equals 15.875