What is 1/10 minus 6/10?
Looking for the result of 1/10 - 6/10? Follow this step-by-step guide to understand how to subtract these two fractions.
How to subtract 1/10 by 6/10?
- Multiply the numerator of the first term, with the denominator of the second term: 1 × 10 = 10
- Multiply the numerator of the second term, with the denominator of the first term: 6 × 10 = 60
- Subtract both of these results together to form the new numerator: 10 − 60 = -50
- Multiply both denominators together to form the new denominator: 10 × 10 = 100
- Combine the results to get the new fraction: -50/100
- Simplify the fraction (-50/100) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD (50):
- -50/50 = -1
- 100/50 = 2
- This gives: -1/2.
The result of subtracting 1/10 and 6/10 is : -1/2 (or -0.5 in its decimal form)