1/2 minus 7/8 equals -3/8
Audie Beatty
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∙ 2016-06-06 01:07:01three-eighths.
7/8 - 1/2
change one of the fractions so they both have a common denominator.
1/2= 4/8 (multiply by 4)
now you have 7/8 - 4/8
subtract, 7-4 = 3 and the answer is 3/8
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∙ 2016-03-24 22:16:181/2 minus 7/8 equals -3/8
Anonymous
3 eighths
It is one negative half.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
1½ = Twelve eighths so the answer is seven-eighths
2 3/8
One minus one eighth is seven eighths.
Seven and three eighths !
1/8
2 and 1/8
7/8 - 1/2 = 3/8
four eighths, which simplifies to one half.
No one-half equals four-eighths so that means seven-eighths is greater than one-half(four eighths)
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