To subtract fractions, we must find the common denominator by simplifying, expanding, or multiplying the denominators.
Then, we only need to subtract the numerators to get the result.
To subtract fractions, we must find the common denominator by simplifying, expanding, or multiplying the denominators.
Then, we only need to subtract the numerators to get the result.
\( \frac{12+8}{5}= \)
\( \frac{4}{5}-\frac{3}{10}= \)
\( \frac{4}{5}-\frac{5}{10}= \)
\( \frac{3}{5}-\frac{3}{10}= \)
\( \frac{7}{10}-\frac{2}{6}= \)
Let's begin by multiplying the numerator:
We should obtain the fraction written below:
Let's now reduce the numerator and denominator by 5 and we should obtain the following result:
Let's try to find the least common denominator between 5 and 10
To find the least common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 5 and 10
In this case, the common denominator is 10
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 10
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 1
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the least common denominator between 5 and 10
To find the least common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 5 and 10
In this case, the common denominator is 10
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 10
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 1
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 5 and 10
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 5 and 10
In this case, the common denominator is 10
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 10
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 1
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 10 and 6
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 10 and 6
In this case, the common denominator is 30
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 30
We'll multiply the first fraction by 3
We'll multiply the second fraction by 5
Now let's subtract:
\( \frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{6}=\text{ ?} \)
\( \frac{4}{10}-\frac{1}{4}= \)
\( \)\( \frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{6}= \)
\( \frac{5}{10}-\frac{1}{6}= \)
\( \frac{5}{6}-\frac{2}{4}= \)
In this question, we need to find a common denominator.
However, we don't have to multiply the denominators by each other as there is a lowest common denominator: 12.
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 4 and 10
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 4 and 10
In this case, the common denominator is 20
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 20
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 5
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 4 and 6
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 4 and 6
In this case, the common denominator is 12
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 12
We'll multiply the first fraction by 3
We'll multiply the second fraction by 2
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the lowest common multiple between 6 and 10
To find the lowest common multiple, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 6 and 10
In this case, the lowest common multiple is 30
Now let's multiply each number by an appropriate factor to reach the multiple of 30
We will multiply the first number by 3
We will multiply the second number by 5
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 4 and 6
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 4 and 6
In this case, the common denominator is 12
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 12
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 3
Now let's subtract:
\( \frac{8}{10}-\frac{2}{6}= \)
\( \frac{8}{5}-\frac{2}{15}-\frac{2}{3}= \)
\( \frac{5}{6}-\frac{2}{4}-\frac{3}{12}= \)
\( \frac{4}{10}-\frac{1}{5}-\frac{1}{10}= \)
\( \frac{10}{12}-\frac{2}{3}-\frac{1}{6}= \)
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 6 and 10
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 6 and 10
In this case, the common denominator is 30
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 30
We'll multiply the first fraction by 3
We'll multiply the second fraction by 5
Now let's subtract:
Let's try to find the least common multiple (LCM) between 5, 15, and 3
To find the least common multiple, we need to find a number that is divisible by 5, 15, and 3
In this case, the least common multiple is 15
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 15
We'll multiply the first fraction by 3
We'll multiply the second fraction by 1
We'll multiply the third fraction by 5
Now let's subtract:
Let's divide both numerator and denominator by 3 and we get:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 6, 4, and 12
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by 6, 4, and 12
In this case, the common denominator is 12
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 12
We'll multiply the first fraction by 2
We'll multiply the second fraction by 3
We'll multiply the third fraction by 1
Now we'll subtract and get:
Let's try to find the least common denominator between 10 and 5
To find the least common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by both 10 and 5
In this case, the common denominator is 10
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 10
We'll multiply the first fraction by 1
We'll multiply the second fraction by 2
We'll multiply the third fraction by 1
Now we'll subtract and get:
Let's try to find the lowest common denominator between 12, 3, and 6
To find the lowest common denominator, we need to find a number that is divisible by 12, 3, and 6
In this case, the common denominator is 12
Now we'll multiply each fraction by the appropriate number to reach the denominator 12
We'll multiply the first fraction by 1
We'll multiply the second fraction by 4
We'll multiply the third fraction by 2
Now let's subtract:
We'll divide both the numerator and denominator by 0 and get: