What is 1/3 minus 15/16 in fraction?
1/3 minus 15/16 equals to -29/48 in fraction form.
1/3 - 15/16 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/3 minus 15/16 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/3 - 15/16 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/3 minus 15/16
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/3 and 15/16 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 48 is the LCM of 3 and 16. Multiply the LCM 48 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/3 x 48/48) - (15/16 x 48/48) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -29/48.
1/3-15/16 as a fraction
1/3 - 15/16 = (?)
1/3 - 15/16 = [(1 x 16) - (15 x 3)]/(3 x 16)
= (16 - 45)/48
= -29/48
1/3 - 15/16 = -29/48
1/3 minus 15/16 as a fraction is -29/48.
where
1/3 is a fraction as a minuend,
15/16 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
-29/48 is the difference between 1/3 and 15/16.
1/3 minus 15/16 as a decimal
1/3 - 15/16 = -29/48
-29/48 = -0.6042
1/3-15/16 as a decimal is -0.6042
where
-0.6042 is the difference between 1/3 and 15/16.
How to find 1/3-15/16 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 15/16 from 1/3. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 1/3 minus 15/16.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/3-15/16 using LCM Method:
What is 1/3 minus 15/16 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 15/16
What to be found?
1/3-15/16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 15/16.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/3 and 15/16 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/3 and 15/16 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 1/3 and 15/16:
The LCM of 3 and 16 is 48.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/3 and 15/16 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/3-15/16
=(1 x 48)/(3 x 48)-(15 x 48)/(16 x 48)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=16/48-45/48
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/48 x (16/1-45/1)
=1/48 x (16 - 45)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/48 x -29
=-29/48
1/3-15/16=-29/48
Hence,
1/3 minus 15/16 equals to -29/48 in fraction.
1/3-15/16 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 15/16
What to be found?
1/3-15/16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 15/16.
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 (15 x 3), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (3 x 16) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 16) - (15 x 3)/(3 x 16)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (16 - 45)/48
1/3-15/16 = -29/48
Hence,
1/3 minus 15/16 = -29/48