What is 4/6 minus 5/10?
Looking for the result of 4/6 - 5/10? Follow this step-by-step guide to understand how to subtract these two fractions.
How to subtract 4/6 by 5/10?
- Multiply the numerator of the first term, with the denominator of the second term: 4 × 10 = 40
- Multiply the numerator of the second term, with the denominator of the first term: 5 × 6 = 30
- Subtract both of these results together to form the new numerator: 40 − 30 = 10
- Multiply both denominators together to form the new denominator: 6 × 10 = 60
- Combine the results to get the new fraction: 10/60
- Simplify the fraction (10/60) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD (10):
- 10/10 = 1
- 60/10 = 6
- This gives: 1/6.
The result of subtracting 4/6 and 5/10 is : 1/6 (or 0.16666666666667 in its decimal form)