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What is 5/6 of a pie minus 2/3 of a pie?

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The expression for this is 5/6 - 2/3. First, we want to find the LCM of 6 and 3, which is 6, because we want to make both fractions have the same denominator

5/6 = 5/6
2/3 x 2/2 = 4/6

Now we can subtract 4/6 from 5/6, which is 1/6.
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4/6 is the same as 2/3 so
5/6 - 4/6 = 1/6
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