Sammy is 60 3/8 inches tall. His younger sister Sophie is 6 1/4 inches shorter. How tall is Sophie?

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Daniel L.
Dec 5, 2016

See explanation.

Explanation:

To calculate Sophie's height we have to do subtraction.

#60 3/8-6 1/4#

To subtract fractions with different denominators first we have to find the common denominator. Here we can expand #1/4# to get a fraction with denominator #8#.

#60 3/8-6 1/4=60 3/8-6 2/8=54 1/8#

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