Question

6 - 1\6? I am confused.

Answer 1

Let me put this in a simpler way

You convert 6 to 36/6 and the. Subtract 36/6 by 1/6 and 36 minus 1 = 35 so the answer would be 35/6 or 5 5/6

Answer 2

Okie, so you have an whole number subtracted by a fraction of a number. The way to approach this problem is to convert whole number to the LCD (least common denominator) of the fraction. In this case it would be 6.
6 would be 36/6 (same number just different form)
now just subtract the numerators over the denominator
(36-1)/6 = 35 / 6 is your answer as an improper fraction. As a mixed number, it would be 5 5/6.
I hope this helps :-)