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Add and subtract fractions: word problems 2

James and Karlee caught a lizard in their backyard. Its length from head to the end of the tail is 435\dfrac{43}{5} centimeters, and the length of its tail is 165\dfrac{16}{5} centimeters.
What is the length of the lizard without the tail?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 66
  • an exact decimal, like 0.750.75
  • a proper fraction, like 1/21/2 or 6/106/10
  • an improper fraction, like 10/710/7 or 14/814/8
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/41\ 3/4
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