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.
5/6 -1/9= 45/54 -6/54= 39/54= 13/18
5/54
The answer is 17/18
One minus a sixth is five sixths.
1 minus five sixths equals one sixth
1
it equals five over one
Five and one third.
Negative one half
1 and one half