16 - 5 2/5=? Please show the work!

Question

16 - 5 2/5=? Please show the work!

Answer 1

you can do this by converting the second number to the improper fraction 27/5 and converting 16 to 80/5.

 

or you can do it in two steps:

first, subtract 5 from 16, giving 11;

then subtract 2/5 from 11, giving 10 3/5