(4/9) ÷ (5/6) is the same as (4/9)*(6/5) called a reciprocal.
Casting out a 3 from the 9 and 6 leaves
(4/3)*(2/5) = 8/15
Doing the decimal, 0.444444 ÷ 0.833333 = 0.5333333
Multiplying this by 15 gives 8, so the 8/15 is right.◄
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Expressed in lowest terms, four and a half divided by five and three sixths = 9/11
five sixths of twenty-four is 20.
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.
They are: 4 and 5/6, 4 and 3/4 and 4 and 5/8
seventy-eleven and a half