To subtract two and seven fifteenths from three and five sixths, first convert both mixed numbers to improper fractions. Three and five sixths becomes ( \frac{23}{6} ), and two and seven fifteenths becomes ( \frac{37}{15} ). Finding a common denominator (which is 30), we convert the fractions to ( \frac{115}{30} ) and ( \frac{74}{30} ) respectively. Subtracting gives ( \frac{115}{30} - \frac{74}{30} = \frac{41}{30} ), which simplifies to one and eleven thirtieths.
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three and five sixths
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
Oneand one sixth is six sixths (one in total) plus one sixth - or seven sixths. So seven sixths minus 5 sixths is 2 sixths which can also be expressed as one third.
5/6 minus 7/12 is 1/4.
7/18 minus 5/6 is -4/9
2 minus five sixths is 1 1/6.
i think 42 hundredths
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7 1/3 minus 5 5/6 is 1 1/2
We convert to fifteenths which gives six fifteenths minus five fifteenths, so the answer is one fifteenth.
5 minus 5 sixths is 4 and one sixth.