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Subtracting fractions

Explanation:

What do you get? ... Mmmh ...
Four small pieces minus a large piece? .... Mmmh ...
Here it is easy. The result is: "two pieces"!
We can only subtract pieces, that are the same size.

So, first we have to find a common denominator and convert all fractions.


Steps:


A step by step example:

These fractions don't have a common denominator, so to subtract them, we will first have to find a common denominator.
Here you can see, how we have done this..
This is the result you get.
We can now subtract the numerators.
This is what it would look like in the JFractionLab.


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