7 1/4 - 5 1/8
Change to common denominator
7 2/8 - 5 1/8
Subtract the whole numbers, then subtract the numerators of the fractions, don't subtract the denominators, just leave them as they are, and combine the results.
7-5 = 2
2-1 = 1
Answer: 2 1/8
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Ten minus five is 5. Now to the fractions, change one fourth to two eighth and u have a common denominator. Now three minus two is 1 so u have an answer of 5 and 1/8.
Six and one fourth minus three and five eighths is two and seven eighths.
Twelve minus seven is five
1
1/8 (one-eighth).