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The tutor continues about subtracting mixed numerals. Past grade 10, mixed numerals are not much found in academic math. They are common, however, in trades math, including entrance exams. In yesterday’s post I talked about subtracting mixed numerals by borrowing, …

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The tutor shows a method of subtracting mixed numerals. Imagine facing a question such as the following: 5 1/7 – 2 2/3 A convenient approach is “number minus number, fraction minus fraction”: 5-2 + 1/7-2/3 The trouble here is, 1/7 …

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