Solve Fraction Subtraction: 3/5 minus 2/5 Step-by-Step

Question

Solve the following exercise:

$\frac{3}{5}-\frac{2}{5}=\text{?}$

00:00 Solve

00:03 First, let's mark the number of squares we have according to the given data:

00:06 Now let's subtract the number of squares according to the appropriate fraction

00:12 The remaining number of squares is the numerator of the answer

00:15 The denominator of the answer equals the number of parts

00:18 And this is the solution to the question

Let's solve the subtraction of two fractions:

Step 1: Identify the fractions given:
The fractions are $\frac{3}{5}$ and $\frac{2}{5}$ , both having a common denominator of 5.

Step 2: Subtract the numerators while keeping the denominator the same:
The numerator result is $3 - 2 = 1$ .

Step 3: Retain the common denominator:
Thus, the result of the subtraction is $\frac{1}{5}$ .

Therefore, the solution to the problem is $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$\frac{1}{5}$