Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
one third
one-third, or 1/3, or 0.3
7/15 or seven fifteenths
7.5/15 = 1/2, so there are 7.5 fifteenths in one half.
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
one third
8/15, 8 fifteenths
Converting to fifteenths, it is 5 fifteenths - 6 fifteenths, which gives minus one fifteenth.
No, after you've cut one-third and three-ninths, which is another third, there are only five-fifteenths left!
two-thirds
fourteen fifteenths
one-third, or 1/3, or 0.3
7/15 or seven fifteenths
7.5/15 = 1/2, so there are 7.5 fifteenths in one half.
Seven and a half.
That's twenty two fifteenths, which equals one and seven fifteenths.