What is 4 minus 1 5/12

Exact Form:

31

12

31

12

Decimal Form:

2.58

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3

Mixed Number Form:

2

7

12

Answer: 2 and 7/12

Step-by-step explanation: To subtract 4 - 1 and 5/12, first subtract the fractions. Since 4 has no fraction, imagine the fraction 0/12.

Notice however that we can't subtract 0/12 - 5/12.

So, let's rewrite 4 and 0/12 as 3 + 1 and 0/12 or 3 + 12/12 by changing 1 and 0/12 into an improper fraction.

Now we have 3 and 12/12 - 1 and 5/12.

Now we can subtract our fractions 12/12 - 5/12 and we get 7/12. Next we subtract our whole numbers 4 - 1 to get 3.

So 5 - 1 and 5/12 is 2 and 7/12.