5/6 -1/9= 45/54 -6/54= 39/54= 13/18
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.
5/54
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
Oneand one sixth is six sixths (one in total) plus one sixth - or seven sixths. So seven sixths minus 5 sixths is 2 sixths which can also be expressed as one third.