What is 1/6 minus 1/10?
Looking for the result of 1/6 - 1/10? Follow this step-by-step guide to understand how to subtract these two fractions.
How to subtract 1/6 by 1/10?
- 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: 1 × 6 = 6
- Subtract both of these results together to form the new numerator: 10 − 6 = 4
- Multiply both denominators together to form the new denominator: 6 × 10 = 60
- Combine the results to get the new fraction: 4/60
- Simplify the fraction (4/60) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD (4):
- 4/4 = 1
- 60/4 = 15
- This gives: 1/15.
The result of subtracting 1/6 and 1/10 is : 1/15 (or 0.066666666666667 in its decimal form)