To subtract fractions, find a common denominator. The common denominator of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, five sixths is equivalent to twenty-fours sixths, and five eighths is equivalent to twenty-four eighths. Subtracting twenty-four eighths from twenty-four sixths gives an answer of three twenty-fourths.
twenty-four 24/8 = 3
Twenty-four and three eighths
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To subtract fractions, find a common denominator. The common denominator of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, five sixths is equivalent to twenty-fours sixths, and five eighths is equivalent to twenty-four eighths. Subtracting twenty-four eighths from twenty-four sixths gives an answer of three twenty-fourths.
twenty-four 24/8 = 3
Twenty-four and three eighths
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It is 23.375
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
The answer is 2 and three eighths
No. Three eighths is only 93.75% of four tenths.
Eight and seven eighths.
4/28 = 14%