What is 1/2 minus 13/16 in fraction?
1/2 minus 13/16 equals to -5/16 in fraction form.
1/2 - 13/16 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/2 minus 13/16 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/2 - 13/16 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/2 minus 13/16
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/2 and 13/16 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 16 is the LCM of 2 and 16. Multiply the LCM 16 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/2 x 16/16) - (13/16 x 16/16) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -5/16.
1/2-13/16 as a fraction
1/2 - 13/16 = (?)
1/2 - 13/16 = [(1 x 16) - (13 x 2)]/(2 x 16)
= (16 - 26)/32
= -10/32
= (2 x -5)/(2 x 16)
= -5/16
1/2 - 13/16 = -5/16
1/2 minus 13/16 as a fraction is -5/16.
where
1/2 is a fraction as a minuend,
13/16 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
-5/16 is the difference between 1/2 and 13/16.
1/2 minus 13/16 as a decimal
1/2 - 13/16 = -5/16
-5/16 = -0.3125
1/2-13/16 as a decimal is -0.3125
where
-0.3125 is the difference between 1/2 and 13/16.
How to find 1/2-13/16 as a fraction?
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find what is the difference between two fractions by subtracting a fraction 13/16 from 1/2. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 1/2 minus 13/16.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/2-13/16 using LCM Method:
What is 1/2 minus 13/16 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/2
Fraction B: 13/16
What to be found?
1/2-13/16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/2 and 13/16.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/2 and 13/16 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/2 and 13/16 are not equal, it is said to be unlike fractions subtraction.
step 3For unlike fractions subtraction, find the LCM (least common multiple) of both denominators of fractions 1/2 and 13/16:
The LCM of 2 and 16 is 16.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/2 and 13/16 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/2-13/16
=(1 x 16)/(2 x 16)-(13 x 16)/(16 x 16)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=8/16-13/16
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/16 x (8/1-13/1)
=1/16 x (8 - 13)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/16 x -5
=-5/16
1/2-13/16=-5/16
Hence,
1/2 minus 13/16 equals to -5/16 in fraction.
1/2-13/16 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/2
Fraction B: 13/16
What to be found?
1/2-13/16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/2 and 13/16.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (1 x 16), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (13 x 2), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (2 x 16) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 16) - (13 x 2)/(2 x 16)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (16 - 26)/32
= -10/32
= -5/16
1/2-13/16 = -5/16
Hence,
1/2 minus 13/16 = -5/16