Converting to twelfths gives 9 twelfths minus 8 twelfths which is 1 twelfth.
0.75 or three quarters is rational.
3 quarters is 9 twelfths, so 9 twelfths minus 3 twelfths is 6 twelfths, which is also a half.
Three eighths
Two quarters minus two thirds is negative one sixth. Two quarters is six twelfths, and two thirds is eight twelfths. Six twelfths minus eight twelfths is minus two twelfths or minus one sixth.
nine twelfths
Converting to twelfths gives 9 twelfths minus 8 twelfths which is 1 twelfth.
You change five sixths into ten twelfths and three quarters into nine twelfths. Then you subtract the nine twelfths from the ten twelfths, which equals one twelfth.
0.75 or three quarters is rational.
3 quarters is 9 twelfths, so 9 twelfths minus 3 twelfths is 6 twelfths, which is also a half.
3 / 4 = 9 / 12
Three eighths
Well, isn't that just a happy little fraction question! Nine twelfths is the same as three-quarters. You see, if you simplify nine twelfths by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 3, you'll get three-quarters. Isn't that just a beautiful fraction?
1/4
Two quarters minus two thirds is negative one sixth. Two quarters is six twelfths, and two thirds is eight twelfths. Six twelfths minus eight twelfths is minus two twelfths or minus one sixth.
one fourth
3/12 = 1/4