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  • 20-05-2016
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Sally plans to run 12 miles. She ran 5 1/8 miles and then stopped for a water break. How many miles does Sakky have left to run?

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  • 20-05-2016

So,

We can just subtract the fractions without converting any denominators.  To do that, we can split the subtraction problem up as follows:

12 - 5 - 1/8
7 - 1/8
6 7/8

Sally still has 6 7/8 or 6.875 miles to run.

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