3 1/8 - 1 5/6 =
3 3/24 - 1 20/24 =
2 27/24 - 1 20/24 =
= 1 7/24
20/24 - 9/24 = 11/24
To subtract fractions, find a common denominator. The common denominator of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, five sixths is equivalent to twenty-fours sixths, and five eighths is equivalent to twenty-four eighths. Subtracting twenty-four eighths from twenty-four sixths gives an answer of three twenty-fourths.
five eighths
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
131/24
20/24 - 9/24 = 11/24
To subtract fractions, find a common denominator. The common denominator of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, five sixths is equivalent to twenty-fours sixths, and five eighths is equivalent to twenty-four eighths. Subtracting twenty-four eighths from twenty-four sixths gives an answer of three twenty-fourths.
five eighths
three eighths
Two and five eighths
Four minus two and three-eighths equals one and five-eighths.
3/24 - 20/24 = -17/24
The answer is 1 5/24.
131/24
five sixths
Three fourths is six eighths. Six eighths minus one eighth is five eighths.
One and three eigths