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A seamstress has one-fourth of a foot of thread. Then she uses one-fifth of a foot of thread to sew a hole. How much of the thread is left?

A seamstress has one-fourth of a foot of thread. Then she uses one-fifth of a foot of thread to sew a hole. How much of the thread is left?
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A seamstress has one-fourth of a foot of thread. Then she uses one-fifth of a foot of thread to sew a hole. How much of the thread is left?

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1/4 - 1/5 =
first make a common denominator
5/20 - 4/20 = 1/20

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