Question

A piece of wire $\frac{7}{8}$ meter long broke into two pieces. One-piece was $\frac{1}{4}$ meter long. How long is the other piece?

Answer 1

Find the length of the other piece.

The length of the wire is $\frac{7}{8}\mathrm{m}$

The length of one piece is $\frac{1}{4}\mathrm{m}$

The length (say$\mathrm{L}$) of the remaining piece is:

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{L}=\frac{7}{8}–\frac{1}{4} \\ =\frac{7-2}{8} \\ =\frac{5}{8}m \end{gathered}$$

Therefore, the length of the other piece is $\frac{5}{8}m$.