OK, who's the math wiz?

[wa8yxm]

Subtract 9 3/7 from 14 10/14, then tell me how you did it!
14 5/7 - 9 3/7 = 5 2/7

I simplified the larger fraction so they were common.

[38Chevy454]

Originally Posted by cwsqbm

Fixed fractions are the work of the devil! Decimal or leave it improper.

I got a B.S. in Mathematics decades ago, but prefer calculus to fractions.

5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions

I always help when I am somewhere and the clerk has trouble making change or some other math issue. I do the math in my head and give them the answer, and tell them I am an engineer so can do math.

Originally Posted by FlyingDiver

Heh. I'm an Aeronautical Engineer, actually. Yes, I do (did) rocket science.

Got you beat, I am a nuclear rocket scientist