{"id":148288,"date":"2024-10-04T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=148288"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:00:42","slug":"3-5-1-3-give-your-answer-as-a-fraction-in-its-simplest-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/04\/3-5-1-3-give-your-answer-as-a-fraction-in-its-simplest-form\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/5 &#8211; 1\/3 give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>3\/5 &#8211; 1\/3 give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve the problem ( \\frac{3}{5} &#8211; \\frac{1}{3} ) and express the answer in its simplest form, we need to follow several steps involving finding a common denominator, performing the subtraction, and then simplifying the result if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Find a Common Denominator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The denominators in our fractions are 5 and 3. To perform the subtraction, we need a common denominator, which is the least common multiple (LCM) of these two numbers. The multiples of 5 are 5, 10, 15, 20, etc., and the multiples of 3 are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, etc. The smallest common multiple is 15. Therefore, our common denominator will be 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Convert Each Fraction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we convert each fraction to an equivalent fraction with the common denominator of 15:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For ( \\frac{3}{5} ):<br>[<br>\\frac{3}{5} = \\frac{3 \\times 3}{5 \\times 3} = \\frac{9}{15}<br>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For ( \\frac{1}{3} ):<br>[<br>\\frac{1}{3} = \\frac{1 \\times 5}{3 \\times 5} = \\frac{5}{15}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Perform the Subtraction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that both fractions have the same denominator, we can subtract them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\frac{9}{15} &#8211; \\frac{5}{15} = \\frac{9 &#8211; 5}{15} = \\frac{4}{15}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Simplify if Necessary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The fraction ( \\frac{4}{15} ) is already in its simplest form since 4 and 15 have no common factors other than 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final Answer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the result of the subtraction ( \\frac{3}{5} &#8211; \\frac{1}{3} ) is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\boxed{\\frac{4}{15}}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This method illustrates the importance of finding a common denominator when performing operations on fractions and demonstrates how to ensure that the final result is expressed in its simplest form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/5 &#8211; 1\/3 give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form The Correct Answer and Explanation is : To solve the problem ( \\frac{3}{5} &#8211; \\frac{1}{3} ) and express the answer in its simplest form, we need to follow several steps involving finding a common denominator, performing the subtraction, and then simplifying the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}