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Subtracting fractions

How to subtract the fractions with the same denominator?

You can just subtract the top numbers (the numerators).

Check if you can simplify the fraction.

1.
4-1 2.
5-2
6 6= 6 6=
3.
5-2 4.
2-1
5 5= 3 3=
5.
3-1 6.
2-1
3 3= 2 2=
7.
8-3 8.
6-3
8 8= 6 6=
9.
4-1 10.
3-2
8 8= 3 3=
11.
4-3 12.
7-5
5 5= 8 8=
13.
3-2 14.
5-3
4 4= 5 5=
15.
4-2 16.
2-1
8 8= 5 5=
17.
2-1 18.
6-1
6 6= 6 6=
19.
2-1 20.
5-1
4 4= 7 7=
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Subtracting fractions

How to subtract the fractions with the same denominator?

You can just subtract the top numbers (the numerators).

Check if you can simplify the fraction.

1.
4-1 3 2.
5-2 3
6 6=6 6 6=6
3.
5-2 3 4.
2-1 1
5 5=5 3 3=3
5.
3-1 2 6.
2-1 1
3 3=3 2 2=2
7.
8-3 5 8.
6-3 3
8 8=8 6 6=6
9.
4-1 3 10.
3-2 1
8 8=8 3 3=3
11.
4-3 1 12.
7-5 2
5 5=5 8 8=8
13.
3-2 1 14.
5-3 2
4 4=4 5 5=5
15.
4-2 2 16.
2-1 1
8 8=8 5 5=5
17.
2-1 1 18.
6-1 5
6 6=6 6 6=6
19.
2-1 1 20.
5-1 4
4 4=4 7 7=7
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