It is: 1 -5/6 = 1/6
Three fourths minus three sixths equals one fourth
Three and one third divided by five sixths = 4/1 or 4
Five sixths is the bigger fraction.
3 and five sixths or 23 sixths.
4 and 1 third = 13/3 = 26/6 2 and 5 sixths = 17/6 26/6 - 17/6 = 9/6 = 3/2 1 and 1 half
2 minus five sixths is 1 1/6.
1 minus five sixths equals one sixth
Two minus 5/6 is 1 1/6
1 and 1 twelth
1
2
1/2
7 1/3 minus 5 5/6 is 1 1/2
5 minus 5 sixths is 4 and one sixth.
1 and one half
5/6 minus 7/12 is 1/4.
You have to convert your fractions so that they are all the same. In this case, we can use sixths. So two and three sixths (two and a half), minus one and four sixths (one and two thirds), would equal five sixths. Another way to do it is to convert the whole numbers to sixths as well. Fifteen sixths minus ten sixths equals five sixths.