A piece of metal #3 7/8# inches long is to be cut from a longer piece of #5 1/16# inches. What will be the length of the remaining piece?
2 Answers
Explanation:
Remaining piece will be
Explanation:
A fraction is split into 2 parts:
I am calling the denominator 'size indicator' as the number is however many of what you are counting it takes to make a whole of something.
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Given:
Write as
Multiply by 1 and you do not change the value, but 1 can come in many forms