subtract 6 2/8-5 1/8
= 9/8 = 1 1/8 = 1.125
Conversion a mixed number 6 2/8
to a improper fraction: 6 2/8 = 6 2/8
= 6 · 8 + 2/8
= 48 + 2/8
= 50/8
To find new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 6 by the denominator 8. Whole number 6 equally 6 * 8/8
= 48/8
b) Add the answer from previous step 48 to the numerator 2. New numerator is 48 + 2 = 50
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 50) over the denominator 8.
Six and two eighths is fifty eighths
Conversion a mixed number 5 1/8
to a improper fraction: 5 1/8 = 5 1/8
= 5 · 8 + 1/8
= 40 + 1/8
= 41/8
To find new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 5 by the denominator 8. Whole number 5 equally 5 * 8/8
= 40/8
b) Add the answer from previous step 40 to the numerator 1. New numerator is 40 + 1 = 41
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 41) over the denominator 8.
Five and one eighth is forty-one eighths
Subtract: 50/8
- 41/8
= 50 - 41/8
= 9/8
