Question 48125
8 - 1 5/6

You can do this in two steps.

1)  8 - 1 = 7

2) 7 - 5/6 = 6 1/6

To make the second a little easier to understand, you borrow a 1 from the 7 leaving 6.  Now you change the 1 you borrowed into 6/6, because 1 = 6/6. (7 = 6 + 6/6)

So now step 2) looks like this:

6&6/6 - 5/6 = 6&1/6

The answer:

8 - 1&5/6 = 6&1/6