What is 1/2 minus 5/18 in fraction?
1/2 minus 5/18 equals to 2/9 in fraction form.
1/2 - 5/18 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/2 minus 5/18 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/2 - 5/18 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/2 minus 5/18
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/2 and 5/18 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 18 is the LCM of 2 and 18. Multiply the LCM 18 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/2 x 18/18) - (5/18 x 18/18) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes 4/18.
1/2-5/18 as a fraction
1/2 - 5/18 = (?)
1/2 - 5/18 = [(1 x 18) - (5 x 2)]/(2 x 18)
= (18 - 10)/36
= 8/36
= (4 x 2)/(4 x 9)
= 2/9
1/2 - 5/18 = 2/9
1/2 minus 5/18 as a fraction is 2/9.
where
1/2 is a fraction as a minuend,
5/18 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
2/9 is the difference between 1/2 and 5/18.
1/2 minus 5/18 as a decimal
1/2 - 5/18 = 2/9
2/9 = 0.2222
1/2-5/18 as a decimal is 0.2222
where
0.2222 is the difference between 1/2 and 5/18.
How to find 1/2-5/18 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 5/18 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 5/18.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/2-5/18 using LCM Method:
What is 1/2 minus 5/18 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/2
Fraction B: 5/18
What to be found?
1/2-5/18 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/2 and 5/18.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/2 and 5/18 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/2 and 5/18 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 5/18:
The LCM of 2 and 18 is 18.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/2 and 5/18 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/2-5/18
=(1 x 18)/(2 x 18)-(5 x 18)/(18 x 18)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=9/18-5/18
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/18 x (9/1-5/1)
=1/18 x (9 - 5)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/18 x 4
= 4/18
=2/9
1/2-5/18=2/9
Hence,
1/2 minus 5/18 equals to 2/9 in fraction.
1/2-5/18 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/2
Fraction B: 5/18
What to be found?
1/2-5/18 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/2 and 5/18.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (1 x 18), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (5 x 2), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (2 x 18) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 18) - (5 x 2)/(2 x 18)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (18 - 10)/36
= 8/36
= 2/9
1/2-5/18 = 2/9
Hence,
1/2 minus 5/18 = 2/9