Posted by ICE on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 1:32pm.
The question is
"subtract 3 7/8 from 5 1/16"
Since 1/16 is less than 7/8=14/16, we need to borrow, so we will do
4 17/16" - 3 14/16"
=(4-3) (17-14)/16
= 1 3/16"
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