Question

Tony wrote the following:

7 1/4 - 3 3/4 = 4 1/4 - 3/4

Is Tony’s statement correct? Draw a number line to support your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

yes, Tony’s statement correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Lets solve both Left hand side and right hand side separately and then equate.

LHS

$7\frac{1}{4} -3\frac{3}{4} = \frac{29}{4} -\frac{15}{4}$

= $\frac{29}{4} -\frac{15}{4 } = \frac{14}{4}$

Taking RHS

$4\frac{1}{4} -\frac{3}{4} = \frac{17}{4} -\frac{3}{4} =\frac{14}{4}$

clearly LHS = RHS hence both quantities are equal to each other