well you know how to add it so just subtract the the same way!
~ Samantha a fourth grader
The fraction -0.001 is minus a thousandth.
8 erasers minus 3 erasers is 5 erasers, which is an integer, not a fraction.
1 - 1/10 = 9/10
-2/denominator
30/1
37 minus 5/8 = 363/8
The result obtained from 4 and 7 8 fraction minus 3 and 3 4 is 9/8.
You convert the fraction do decimal exactly as you would a positive fraction. Then you stick a minus sign in front.
Put the three as 3 and then add the 1/10 as 0.1. Answer is 3.1
Flip the fraction top-to-bottom, and delete the minus sign from the exponent.
You can subtract the bigger fraction by the smaller fraction and then put a minus sign in front of the answer.
Convert the absolute value of the decimal to a fraction and then put a minus sign before it.