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How Do You Subtract Mixed Fractions with the Same Denominator?

Subtract 2 and 1/6 from 5 and 5/6.

Summary

  1. The mixed fraction 5 and 5/6 can be represented as 5 plus 5/6
  2. The mixed fraction 2 and 1/6 can be represented as 2 plus 1/6
  3. We have to distribute the negative before we can get rid of the parentheses
  4. We need to reduce the fraction 4/6

Notes

    1. Right now, we're subtracting two mixed numbers, so let's rearrange how we're going to do the subtraction