Subtract: 5 – 3 1⁄3 ?

3 Answers
May 28, 2018

1 2/3123

Explanation:

Break the question up into two parts. Firstly, you are subtracting 33 from 55, which has an answer of 22.

From that, you have the additional 1/313. Therefore, you subtract 1/313 from 22, giving you 1.bar(6)1.¯6 or 1 2/3123.

May 28, 2018

1 2/3123

Explanation:

5-3 1/35313

change both fractions to improper ones, with denominator as 33

=15/3-10/3=153103

(15-10)/3=5/315103=53

change back to a mixed number

=1 2/3=123

5/3=1 2/353=123

Explanation:

By converting mixed numbers to fractions, we know 3 1/3313 is the same as

10/3103. Our expression now turns into

5-10/35103

We can rewrite 55 as 15/3153 to get a common denominator. We now have

15/3-10/3153103

Since we have the same denominators, we can just subtract the numerators to get

5/3=1 2/353=123

Hope this helps!