What is 2/6 minus 10/4 in fraction?
2/6 minus 10/4 equals to -13/6 in fraction form.
Learn how to find what is 2/6 minus 10/4 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 2/6 - 10/4 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 2/6 minus 10/4
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 2/6 and 10/4 having identical denominators before starting adding the fractions. Find the LCM of denominators, 12 is the LCM of 6 and 4. Multiply the LCM 12 with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions (2/6 x 12/12) - (10/4 x 12/12) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes -26/12.
The below workout with step by step calculation shows how to find what is the difference between two fractions by subtracting a fraction 10/4 from 2/6. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 2/6 minus 10/4.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
2/6-10/4 using LCM Method:
What is 2/6 minus 10/4 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/6
Fraction B: 10/4
What to be found?
2/6-10/4 = ?
Find what's the difference between 2/6 and 10/4.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 2/6 and 10/4 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 2/6 and 10/4 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 2/6 and 10/4:
The LCM of 6 and 4 is 12.
step 4 Write the fractions 2/6 and 10/4 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=2/6-10/4
=(2 x 12)/(6 x 12)-(10 x 12)/(4 x 12)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=4/12-30/12
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/12 x (4/1-30/1)
=1/12 x (4 - 30)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/12 x -26
= -26/12
=-13/6
2/6-10/4=-13/6
Hence,
2/6 minus 10/4 equals to -13/6 in fraction.
2/6-10/4 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 2/6
Fraction B: 10/4
What to be found?
2/6-10/4 = ?
Find what's the difference between 2/6 and 10/4.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (2 x 4), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (10 x 6), and find the product of both denominators of Fraction A and Fraction B (6 x 4) and rewrite the equation as like the below:
= (2 x 4) - (10 x 6)/(6 x 4)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (8 - 60)/24
= -52/24
= -13/6
2/6-10/4 = -13/6
Hence,
2/6 minus 10/4 = -13/6