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

Subtract Fraction 5/5 from Whole Number 5 and get the result i.e. 4 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 5/5 from Whole Number 5

The given input are 5 and 5/5

5 can be written as 5/1 in fraction format

The given fractions are 5/1 and 5/5

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

5/1 - 5/5

The LCM of 1 and 5 (denominators of the fractions) is 5

Given numbers has no common factors except 1. So, there LCM is their product i.e 5

= 5 x 5 - 5 x 1/5

= 25 - 5/5

= 20/5

= 4/1

Result: 4/1

= 4

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