document.write( "Question 265458: 6 1/2 -7= anyone know the answer and can give me a full breakdown? \n" ); document.write( "

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6 1/2 - 7 can be looked at a couple of different ways.
\n" ); document.write( "First, think of the problem 6-7 (Now lets think in terms of integers negative and positive numbers). Subtraction is adding the opposite so that 6 - 7 is the same as 6 + (-7) = -1 (Because if we add a negative and a positive then we subtract and use the sign of the number with the larger absolute value) So we subtracted and got 1 and 7 is bigger than 6 so the answer is -1.
\n" ); document.write( "Now back to your problem 6 1/2 - 7= 6 1/2 + (-7).
\n" ); document.write( "If these gives you problems because of the fractions set the problem up like this
\n" ); document.write( " 7
\n" ); document.write( " -6 1/2
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\n" ); document.write( " 1/2
\n" ); document.write( "So applying the rules from above we would have -1/2
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