Three-sixths minus two-sixths is one-sixth.
seventy-eleven and a half
1 and one half
2/3 can be converted to 4/6. So 4/6 - 1/6= 3/6 or 1/2
1/4
Three-sixths minus two-sixths is one-sixth.
seventy-eleven and a half
You have to convert your fractions so that they are all the same. In this case, we can use sixths. So two and three sixths (two and a half), minus one and four sixths (one and two thirds), would equal five sixths. Another way to do it is to convert the whole numbers to sixths as well. Fifteen sixths minus ten sixths equals five sixths.
1 and one half
2 1/4
2/3 can be converted to 4/6. So 4/6 - 1/6= 3/6 or 1/2
The answer is eleven over six, or one and five-sixths.
one forth
1/4
three sixths, or one half
Expressed in its simplest form, 1 1/2 - 3/6 = 1
two one half