What is 1/5 minus 2/12 in fraction?
1/5 minus 2/12 equals to 1/30 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 1/5 minus 2/12 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 1/5 - 2/12 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 1/5 minus 2/12
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 1/5 and 2/12 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 60 is the LCM of 5 and 12. Multiply the LCM 60 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (1/5 x 60/60) - (2/12 x 60/60) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes 2/60.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find what is the difference between two fractions by subtracting a fraction 2/12 from 1/5. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 1/5 minus 2/12.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
1/5-2/12 using LCM Method:
What is 1/5 minus 2/12 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/5
Fraction B: 2/12
What to be found?
1/5-2/12 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/5 and 2/12.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 1/5 and 2/12 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 1/5 and 2/12 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 1/5 and 2/12:
The LCM of 5 and 12 is 60.
step 4 Write the fractions 1/5 and 2/12 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=1/5-2/12
=(1 x 60)/(5 x 60)-(2 x 60)/(12 x 60)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=12/60-10/60
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/60 x (12/1-10/1)
=1/60 x (12 - 10)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/60 x 2
= 2/60
=1/30
1/5-2/12=1/30
Hence,
1/5 minus 2/12 equals to 1/30 in fraction.
1/5-2/12 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 1/5
Fraction B: 2/12
What to be found?
1/5-2/12 = ?
Find what's the difference between 1/5 and 2/12.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (1 x 12), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (2 x 5), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (5 x 12) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (1 x 12) - (2 x 5)/(5 x 12)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (12 - 10)/60
= 2/60
= 1/30
1/5-2/12 = 1/30
Hence,
1/5 minus 2/12 = 1/30