A piece of wire 7/8 meter-long broke into two pieces. One piece was ¼ meter long. How long is the other piece?

Total length of wire = 7/8 meter
Length of first part = 1/4 meter
Remaining part = 7/8-1/4=7×1-2×1/8
= 7-2/8=5/8 meter
Therefore, the length of remaining part is 5/8 meter.

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