5 1/9 minus 2 5/6 can be solved by changing the 9 and 6 to a common denominator of 18.
5 2/18 minus 2 15/18 is your new problem.
Now you need to borrow from the 5 to make 2/18 large enough to subtract 15/18.
4 20/18 minus 2 15/18 is your new problem.
Now you subtract the whole numbers and then then numerators of the fractions.
2 5/18 is your answer.
5 minus 5 sixths is 4 and one sixth.
To subtract one third from five sixths, you first need a common denominator. The common denominator for 6 and 3 is 6. Five sixths remains the same, while one third can be converted to two sixths. Therefore, five sixths minus two sixths equals three sixths, which simplifies to one half.
The answer is 17/18
5/54
One minus a sixth is five sixths.
5/6 -1/9= 45/54 -6/54= 39/54= 13/18
1 minus five sixths equals one sixth
1
Five and one third.
it equals five over one
Negative one half
1 and one half