Answer:
Result:
1 8/9 - 1 2/3 = 2/
9
≅ 0.2222222
Explanation:
b) Add the answer from previous step 3 to the numerator 2. New numerator is 3 + 2 = 5
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 5) over the denominator 3.
One and two thirds is five thirds
Subtract: 17/
9
- 5/
3
= 17/
9
- 5 · 3/
3 · 3
= 17/
9
- 15/
9
= 17 - 15/
9
= 2/
9
For adding, subtracting, and comparing fractions, it is suitable to adjust both fractions to a common (equal, identical) denominator. The common denominator you can calculate as the least common multiple of both denominators - LCM(9, 3) = 9. In practice, it is enough to find the common denominator (not necessarily the lowest) by multiplying the denominators: 9 × 3 = 27. In the next intermediate step, the fraction result cannot be further simplified by canceling.
In words - seventeen ninths minus five thirds = two ninths.
