Question

Billy Reuben needs to eat 3 1/2 servings of vegetables. Billy has already eaten 2 1/3 servings of vegetables. How many more servings should Billy eat?

Answer 1

3 1/2 - 2 1/3 = ?


1/2 also equals to 3/6
1/3 also equals to 2/6

3 3/6 - 2 2/6 = 1 1/6

Answer 2

1 1/6

Explanation:

Convert to improper fractions:

7/2 and 7/3

then, common denominator:

21/6 and 14/6

subtract:

answer is 7/6, or 1 1/6