Reduce each answer if possible 8/15 plus 3/5

Another type of subtraction equation is 16-b=7. explain how you would sole this equation then solve it.

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.

How many 3-digit numbers can you write using only digits 1 and 7? (of course, digits can repeat.) how many 3-digit numbers can you write using only digits 1 and 7? (of course, digits can repeat.)