It is: 1 -5/6 = 1/6
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∙ 6y agofour sixths
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two thirds
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.
five sixths is larger than a half.
Ten twelfths equals five sixths.
2 minus five sixths is 1 1/6.
1 and 1 twelth
it equals five over one
1/2
7 1/3 minus 5 5/6 is 1 1/2
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.
3 and 1/6
1/2
1 and 5/6
1 and 11/12
1/6 (one sixth)
seventeen minus ten and five sixths:is 17- 10 5/6= 6 1/6