Jenna bought a spool of ribbon for her craft projects. It contained 5 3/4 meters of ribbon. She used 3 2/5 meters of ribbon for a project.How many meters of ribbon does Jenna have left?

Question

Instructions: Put answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

5 3/4 - 3 2/5

Change 3/4 to 15/20
change 2/5 to 8/20

5 - 3 = 2

15/20 -8/20 = 7/20

Ans. 2 7/20

Answer 2

5 3/4 - 3 2/5 = 23/4-17/5 = 115/20-68/20 = 47/20 = 2 7/20 m. left.