4 1/3 would become 4 2/6
2 1/2 would become 2 3/6
You must make the fraction on the first one higher, so it becomes 3 8/6
Subtract
3 8/6
-2 3/6
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1 5/6
1 minus 1/2 minus 1/3 is equal to 0.166667
2 and 5/6
1/3 minus 1/2 is -1/6
one and one eighth
5/6 or .833 (repeating)
1 minus 1/2 minus 1/3 is equal to 0.166667
2 and 5/6
1/3 minus 1/2 is -1/6
1.5
six and 5/6
one and one eighth
5/6 or .833 (repeating)
3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6
1500 minus one third is 1499 2/3
one half of one sixth is one twelfth
3 1/3 - 1/2 = 2 5/6 or two and five sixths.
one half