To subtract two and seven fifteenths from three and five sixths, first convert both mixed numbers to improper fractions. Three and five sixths becomes ( \frac{23}{6} ), and two and seven fifteenths becomes ( \frac{37}{15} ). Finding a common denominator (which is 30), we convert the fractions to ( \frac{115}{30} ) and ( \frac{74}{30} ) respectively. Subtracting gives ( \frac{115}{30} - \frac{74}{30} = \frac{41}{30} ), which simplifies to one and eleven thirtieths.
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three and five sixths
Oneand one sixth is six sixths (one in total) plus one sixth - or seven sixths. So seven sixths minus 5 sixths is 2 sixths which can also be expressed as one third.
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
5/6 minus 7/12 is 1/4.
7/18 minus 5/6 is -4/9
2 minus five sixths is 1 1/6.
i think 42 hundredths
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7 1/3 minus 5 5/6 is 1 1/2
We convert to fifteenths which gives six fifteenths minus five fifteenths, so the answer is one fifteenth.
5 minus 5 sixths is 4 and one sixth.