What minus 2/7 equals 1/4?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 2/7 equals 1/4?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 2/7 = 1/4

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 2/7 on both sides like this:

x - 2/7 + 2/7 = 1/4 + 2/7

x - 2/7 + 2/7 leaves x and 1/4 + 2/7 is 15/28 which means we end up with x = 15/28. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 2/7 equals 1/4?" is as follows:

15/28

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 15/28 for x in this equation x - 2/7 = 1/4, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

15/28 - 2/7 = 1/4

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