Subtract: 5 – 3 1⁄3 ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-28T03:26:53

#1 2/3#

Break the question up into two parts. Firstly, you are subtracting #3# from #5#, which has an answer of #2#.

From that, you have the additional #1/3#. Therefore, you subtract #1/3# from #2#, giving you #1.bar(6)# or #1 2/3#.

Answer 2 · 2018-05-28T07:29:44

#1 2/3#

#5-3 1/3#

change both fractions to improper ones, with denominator as #3#

#=15/3-10/3#

#(15-10)/3=5/3#

change back to a mixed number

#=1 2/3#

Answer 3 · 2018-07-05T23:23:00

#5/3=1 2/3#

By converting mixed numbers to fractions, we know #3 1/3# is the same as

#10/3#. Our expression now turns into

#5-10/3#

We can rewrite #5# as #15/3# to get a common denominator. We now have

#15/3-10/3#

Since we have the same denominators, we can just subtract the numerators to get

#5/3=1 2/3#

Hope this helps!