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By making the fractions have a common denominator by appropriately multiplying the numerator also.
9 is divisible by 3, so the logical choice of denominator is 9. One multiplies 3 by 3 to get 9, so times the numerator of the third (1) by 3. This gives us five ninths minus three ninths, giving the answer of two ninths
5/9 - 1/3 = 5/9 - 3/9 = 2/9
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Which equivalent fraction would you use to subtract one third from five ninths?
1/3 = 3/9
Is five ninths equivlent to one third?
No. Three ninths is equivalent to one third.
What is one third added to two ninths?
five ninths
How many thirds are there in five-ninth?
There is one third in five ninths, with a remainder of two ninths. Six ninths would be equal to two thirds.
What is five ninths times three fifths?
Five ninths times three fifths is one third.
How much more is five ninths of a cup than one third of a cup?
You can restate "one third" as "three ninths"; then subtracting three ninths from five ninths leaves two ninths: 5/9 - 3/9 = 2/9
What is five ninths - one third?
2/9
What is one third plus two ninths plus five ninths?
1 1/9th
What is one and one third minus five ninths?
7/9
What fraction of three fifths is one third?
Five ninths.
What it is five ninths subtracted by one third?
2/9
Can one cake be split into portions of one third three ninths and eight fifteenths?
No, after you've cut one-third and three-ninths, which is another third, there are only five-fifteenths left!
