1 - (5/7) Subtract fraction from whole number - How to subtract fractions?

Subtract Fraction 5/7 from Whole Number 1 and get the result i.e. 2/7 taking help of Number Minus Fraction Calculator along with detailed work.

Ex: 2-(5/10) (or) 4-(6/22) (or) 5-(7/15)

Solution finding the Subtraction of Fraction 5/7 from Whole Number 1

The given input are 1 and 5/7

1 can be written as 1/1 in fraction format

The given fractions are 1/1 and 5/7

Firstly the L.C.M should be done for the denominators of the two fractions 1/1 and 5/7

1/1 - 5/7

The LCM of 1 and 7 (denominators of the fractions) is 7

Given numbers has no common factors except 1. So, there LCM is their product i.e 7

= 1 x 7 - 5 x 1/7

= 7 - 5/7

= 2/7

Result: 2/7

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