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Q: How do you subtract a fraction by 1?
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How do you subtract a smaller fraction by a bigger fraction?

You can subtract the bigger fraction by the smaller fraction and then put a minus sign in front of the answer.


Subtract a fraction from a negative fraction?

(-1/2) - (1/4) = -3/4 Done!


How do you express 0.0101010101 as a fraction?

Let P = 0.010101... Hence 100P = 1.01010.... Subtract 99P = 1 ( NB The repeating decimals subtract out). P = 1/99


How do you subtract a decimal from a fraction?

You can either convert the decimal to a fraction and then subtract (3/4 - 0.5 = 3/4 - 2/4 = 1/4), OR you can convert the fraction to a decimal and then subtract (3/4 - 0.5 = 0.75 - 0.5 = 0.25).


What decimal represents the fraction of students who did NOT choose to drink chocolate milk?

Subtract the fraction of students who did from 1.


How do you subtract mixed fractions with different denominators?

You change the mixed fraction to an improper fraction . Then you find the denominators GCF. Then you subtract. Another reply: Converting to an improper fraction is not really necessary, but converting to a common denominator is. Example: 3 1/2 - 1 1/3 = 3 3/6 - 1 2/6 = 2 1/6. In other words, you can subtract the integer part and the fraction part separately.


How is subtracting fraction when numerator and denominator is the same?

If the numerator and denominator are the same, the fraction simplifies to 1. And you should be able to subtract 1!


Write a fraction equal to 3 4 that has a denominator of 8 then subtract that fraction from 7 8?

The answer is 1/8.


How to subtract a mixed number from a whole number?

You convert the mixed numeral into an improper fraction. Now subtract the improper fraction from the whole number by putting the whole number over 1.


How to subtract a fraction from a whole number?

Change the whole number into an improper fraction with the same denominator as the fraction and then subtract accordingly


How do you subtract fractions from one?

Change 1 to a fraction and subtract the numerators. EXAMPLE: 1 - 2/5 = 5/5 - 2/5 = 3/5


How do you we subtract fraction with whole numbers?

either convert the fraction into a decimal or the integer into a fraction. For example if you were attempting to subtract 1/3 from 2, you could either turn 1/3 into 0.3 repeating (by dividing 1 into three) or by turning 2 into 6/3, by placing the denominator from the fraction below the whole number, than multiplying the whole number by its new denominator, thus effectively converting it into a fraction. To subtract 1/3 from 6/3, simply subtract 1 from 6, and keep the denominator (5/3). If you opted to convert the fraction into a decimal earlier, simply subtract the 0.3 repeating from the 2, thinking of the 2 as its other representative, 2.0 repeating, solving to 1.6 repeating (ending eventually in an imaginary 7)