What is 1/3 minus 12 in fraction?
1/3 minus 12 equals to -35/3 in fraction form.
1/3 - 12 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/3 minus 12 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/3 - 12 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/3 minus 12
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/3 and 12 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 3 is the LCM of 3 and 1. Multiply the LCM 3 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/3 x 3/3) - (12 x 3/3) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -35/3.
1/3-12 as a fraction
1/3 - 12 = (?)
1/3 - 12/1 = [(1 x 1) - (12 x 3)]/(3 x 1)
= (1 - 36)/3
= -35/3
1/3 - 12 = -35/3
1/3 minus 12 as a fraction is -35/3.
where
1/3 is a fraction as a minuend,
12 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
-35/3 is the difference between 1/3 and 12.
1/3 minus 12 as a decimal
1/3 - 12 = -35/3
-35/3 = -11.6667
1/3-12 as a decimal is -11.6667
where
-11.6667 is the difference between 1/3 and 12.
How to find 1/3-12 as a fraction?
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find the difference between fraction and a whole number by subtracting 12 from 1/3. use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 1/3 minus 12.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/3-12 using LCM Method:
What is 1/3 minus 12 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 12/1
What to be found?
1/3-12 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 12.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/3 and 12 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/3 and 12 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 1/3 and 12:
The LCM of 3 and 1 is 3.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/3 and 12 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/3-12
=(1 x 3)/(3 x 3)-(12 x 3)/(1 x 3)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=1/3-36/3
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/3 x (1/1-36/1)
=1/3 x (1 - 36)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/3 x -35
=-35/3
1/3-12=-35/3
Hence,
1/3 minus 12 equals to -35/3 in fraction.
1/3-12 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 12/1
What to be found?
1/3-12 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 12.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (1 x 1), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (12 x 3), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (3 x 1) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 1) - (12 x 3)/(3 x 1)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (1 - 36)/3
1/3-12 = -35/3
Hence,
1/3 minus 12 = -35/3