What is 3/4 minus 3/8 in fraction?
3/4 minus 3/8 equals to 3/8 in fraction form.
3/4 - 3/8 in fraction form
Learn how to find what is 3/4 minus 3/8 in fraction form just in a few minutes. We have covered the easiest method to write 3/4 - 3/8 as a fraction and decimal.
Summary: 3/4 minus 3/8
Since both the fractions have the unequal denominators, you have to find the equivalent fractions for 3/4 and 3/8 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 (3/4 x 8/8) - (3/8 x 8/8) and simplify further in order to have the common denominators. By simplifying the fraction subtraction expression becomes 3/8.
3/4-3/8 as a fraction
3/4 - 3/8 = (?)
3/4 - 3/8 = [(3 x 8) - (3 x 4)]/(4 x 8)
= (24 - 12)/32
= 12/32
= (4 x 3)/(4 x 8)
= 3/8
3/4 - 3/8 = 3/8
3/4 minus 3/8 as a fraction is 3/8.
where
3/4 is a fraction as a minuend,
3/8 is a fraction as a subtrahend,
3/8 is the difference between 3/4 and 3/8.
3/4 minus 3/8 as a decimal
3/4 - 3/8 = 3/8
3/8 = 0.375
3/4-3/8 as a decimal is 0.375
where
0.375 is the difference between 3/4 and 3/8.
How to find 3/4-3/8 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 3/8 from 3/4. For different, unequal or unlike denominators, use any one of the following methods to find the equivalent fraction for 3/4 minus 3/8.
1. LCM method
2. Cross multiplication method.
3/4-3/8 using LCM Method:
What is 3/4 minus 3/8 as a fraction?
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/4
Fraction B: 3/8
What to be found?
3/4-3/8 = ?
Find what's the difference between 3/4 and 3/8.
step 2 Compare the denominators of fractions 3/4 and 3/8 to identify whether it is a like or unlike fraction subtraction. Since the denominators of given fractions 3/4 and 3/8 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 3/4 and 3/8:
The LCM of 4 and 8 is 8.
step 4 Write the fractions 3/4 and 3/8 in the subtraction expression form and multiply LCM with all the numerators and denominators of both fractions.
=3/4-3/8
=(3 x 8)/(4 x 8)-(3 x 8)/(8 x 8)
step 5 Simplify the expression to have common denominator:
=6/8-3/8
step 6 Take the common values out and rewrite the above expression like the below:
=1/8 x (6/1-3/1)
=1/8 x (6 - 3)
step 7Simplify the above expression further:
=1/8 x 3
=3/8
3/4-3/8=3/8
Hence,
3/4 minus 3/8 equals to 3/8 in fraction.
3/4-3/8 using Cross Multiplication Method:
step 1 Observe the input parameters and what to be found:
Input:
Fraction A: 3/4
Fraction B: 3/8
What to be found?
3/4-3/8 = ?
Find what's the difference between 3/4 and 3/8.
step 2 Find the product of numerator of Fraction A and denominator of Fraction B (3 x 8), find the product of numerator of Fraction B and denominator of Fraction A (3 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:
= (3 x 8) - (3 x 4)/(4 x 8)
step 3 Simplify and rewrite the fraction:
= (24 - 12)/32
= 12/32
= 3/8
3/4-3/8 = 3/8
Hence,
3/4 minus 3/8 = 3/8