Answer:
1 8/9 - 1 2/3 = 2/
9
≅ 0.2222222
Step-by-step explanation:
How do you solve fractions step by step?
Conversion a mixed number 1 8/
9
to a improper fraction: 1 8/9 = 1 8/
9
= 1 · 9 + 8/
9
= 9 + 8/
9
= 17/
9
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 1 by the denominator 9. Whole number 1 equally 1 * 9/
9
= 9/
9
b) Add the answer from previous step 9 to the numerator 8. New numerator is 9 + 8 = 17
c) Write a previous answer (new numerator 17) over the denominator 9.
One and eight ninths is seventeen ninths
Conversion a mixed number 1 2/
3
to a improper fraction: 1 2/3 = 1 2/
3
= 1 · 3 + 2/
3
= 3 + 2/
3
= 5/
3
To find a new numerator:
a) Multiply the whole number 1 by the denominator 3. Whole number 1 equally 1 * 3/
3
= 3/
3
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 following intermediate step, it cannot further simplify the fraction result by canceling.
In other words - seventeen ninths minus five thirds = two ninths
