Question

Subtract. Write the difference in the lowest terms.

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{6} \\ -\frac{2}{6} \\ \_\_\_\_\_ \end{gathered}$$

Answer 1

When subtracting two like fractions, subtract the numerators to get the numerator of the difference and use the same denominator for the denominator of the difference.

Given : $\frac{5}{6}-\frac{2}{6}$

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{5}{6}-\frac{2}{6}=\frac{5-2}{6} \\ =\frac{3}{6}(dividingnumeratoranddenominatorbycommonfactor3) \\ =\frac{1}{2} \end{gathered}$$

Therefore the required difference in the lowest term is $\frac{1}{2}$