What is 2/4 minus 10/8 in fraction?
2/4 minus 10/8 equals to -3/4 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 2/4 minus 10/8 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 2/4 - 10/8 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 2/4 minus 10/8
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 2/4 and 10/8 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 8 is the LCM of 4 and 8. Multiply the LCM 8 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (2/4 x 8/8) - (10/8 x 8/8) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -6/8.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find what is the difference between two fractions by subtracting a fraction 10/8 from 2/4. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 2/4 minus 10/8.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
2/4-10/8 using LCM Method:
What is 2/4 minus 10/8 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/4
Fraction B: 10/8
What to be found?
2/4-10/8 = ?
Find what's the difference between 2/4 and 10/8.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 2/4 and 10/8 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 2/4 and 10/8 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 2/4 and 10/8:
The LCM of 4 and 8 is 8.
step 4 Write the fractions 2/4 and 10/8 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=2/4-10/8
=(2 x 8)/(4 x 8)-(10 x 8)/(8 x 8)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=4/8-10/8
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/8 x (4/1-10/1)
=1/8 x (4 - 10)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/8 x -6
= -6/8
=-3/4
2/4-10/8=-3/4
Hence,
2/4 minus 10/8 equals to -3/4 in fraction.
2/4-10/8 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/4
Fraction B: 10/8
What to be found?
2/4-10/8 = ?
Find what's the difference between 2/4 and 10/8.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (2 x 8), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (10 x 4), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (4 x 8) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (2 x 8) - (10 x 4)/(4 x 8)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (16 - 40)/32
= -24/32
= -3/4
2/4-10/8 = -3/4
Hence,
2/4 minus 10/8 = -3/4