Difference of two fractions

What is the difference between 1/2 and 1/6?
(Write the answer as a fraction in lowest terms. )

Correct answer:

x =  0.3333

Step-by-step explanation:

$x={\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}}-{\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}}={\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}}=0.3333$

Try another example

Related math problems and questions:

• Circular garden
  Alice creates a circular vegetable garden. Tomatoes are planted in 1/3 of the circular garden, carrots are planted in 2/5 of the circular garden, and green peppers are planted in 1/10 of the circular garden. What fraction represents the remaining unplante
• Evaluate - lowest terms
  Evaluate: 16/25 - 11/25 (Express answer as a fraction reduced to lowest terms. )
• Lowest terms 2
  The expression 4/12 can be expressed in its lowest term as 1/3. What is 3/15 expressed in its lowest term?
• Difference mixed fractions
  What is the difference between 4 2/3 and 3 1/6?
• Evaluate 17
  Evaluate 2x+6y when x=- 4/5 and y=1/3. Write your answer as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form.
• Lowest terms
  Reduce to the lowest terms: 32/124
• Divide 11
  Divide the product of 4 and 5/8 by 1 1/2. Write your answer as a mixed number.
• Shopper
  Eva spent 1/4 in one store and 1/3 in another. What fraction is left?
• What is one third
  What is 1/3 as a decimal? Give your answer rounded to 2 decimal places.
• Fractions and mixed numerals
  (a) Convert the following mixed numbers to improper fractions. i. 3 5/8 ii. 7 7/6 (b) Convert the following improper fraction to a mixed number. i. 13/4 ii. 78/5 (c) Simplify these fractions to their lowest terms. i. 36/42 ii. 27/45 2. evaluate the follow
• Mixed numbers
  Rewrite mixed numbers, so the fractions have the same denominator: 5 1/5 - 2 2/3
• A turtle
  A turtle is 20 5/6 inches below the surface of a pond. It dives to a depth of 32 1/4 inches. What is the change in the turtle’s position? Write your answer as a mixed number.
• Find the 24
  Find the difference between 2/7 and 1/21
• Carrie
  Carrie picked 2/5 of the raspberries from the garden, and Robin picked some too.  When they were finished, 1/3 of the raspberries still needed to be picked.  What fraction of the raspberries did Robin pick? Use pictures, numbers or words and write your fi
• Write 2
  Write 791 thousandths as fraction in expanded form.
• Fractions
  Sort fractions z₁ = (6)/(11); z₂ = (10)/(21); z₃ = (19)/(22) by its size. Result write as three serial numbers 1,2,3.
• Guess a fraction
  Tom was asked to guess a fraction. The sum of 1/2 the numerator and 1/3 of its denominator is 30. If Tom subtracts 36 from its denominator, the fraction becomes 1/3. What is the fraction that Tom was asked to guess? (Leave your answer in simplest form)