Question

What is the difference between 5/6 and 1/5

Answer 1

Hey there!

The answer is
`(19)/(30)`

To solve this we use subtraction, because "the difference" represents subtraction, so:

`(5)/(6) - (1)/(5)`

Now, we must find a common denominator, and we can see that
`6` and
`5` both go into
`30`. To get to
`30`, we multiplied the first fraction by 5 and the second by 6, so we now have:

`(25)/(30) - (6)/(30)`

This is equal to
`(19)/(30)`

Hope it helps and have a great day!