Question

What should be subtracted from $10$ to get $4\frac{1}{4}$?

Answer 1

Let x be the number to be subtracted to get desired value

$\Rightarrow 10-x=4\frac{1}{4}\Rightarrow 10-x=\frac{17}{4}\Rightarrow 10-\frac{17}{4}=x\Rightarrow x=\frac{40-17}{4}=\frac{23}{4}\Rightarrow x=5\frac{3}{4}$