What is 1/3 minus 16 in fraction?
1/3 minus 16 equals to -47/3 in fraction form.
1/3 - 16 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 1/3 minus 16 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/3 - 16 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/3 minus 16
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/3 and 16 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) - (16 x 3/3) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -47/3.
1/3-16 as a fraction
1/3 - 16 = (?)
1/3 - 16/1 = [(1 x 1) - (16 x 3)]/(3 x 1)
= (1 - 48)/3
= -47/3
1/3 - 16 = -47/3
1/3 minus 16 as a fraction is -47/3.
where
1/3 is a fraction as a minuend,
16 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
-47/3 is the difference between 1/3 and 16.
1/3 minus 16 as a decimal
1/3 - 16 = -47/3
-47/3 = -15.6667
1/3-16 as a decimal is -15.6667
where
-15.6667 is the difference between 1/3 and 16.
How to find 1/3-16 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 16 from 1/3. use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 1/3 minus 16.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/3-16 using LCM Method:
What is 1/3 minus 16 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 16/1
What to be found?
1/3-16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 16.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/3 and 16 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/3 and 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 16:
The LCM of 3 and 1 is 3.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/3 and 16 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/3-16
=(1 x 3)/(3 x 3)-(16 x 3)/(1 x 3)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=1/3-48/3
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/3 x (1/1-48/1)
=1/3 x (1 - 48)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/3 x -47
=-47/3
1/3-16=-47/3
Hence,
1/3 minus 16 equals to -47/3 in fraction.
1/3-16 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/3
Fraction B: 16/1
What to be found?
1/3-16 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/3 and 16.
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 (16 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) - (16 x 3)/(3 x 1)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (1 - 48)/3
1/3-16 = -47/3
Hence,
1/3 minus 16 = -47/3