5/8 inches minus 1/2 inches ?
5/8 - 1/2well first you have to get the denominator the same so you multiply 1/2 by for to were it is 4/8 so now you have 5/8 - 4/85/8 - 4/8 = 1/8and you cant divide by 4 to reduce bc your already at 1 over something.
5/8 - 1/2 ( we multiply both numerator and denominator by 4 to have both fractions with the same denominator )5/8 - 4/8 = 1/8
