4 years ago

Subtraction with renaming estimate 2 1/6- 1 2/7

Mathematics

1 answer:

Snezhnost [94]4 years ago

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13/6-9/7
Find the Least Common Denominator (LCD)
In this case, 42.
(7/7)(13/6)-(6/6)(9/7)
37/42 is your answer

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