Question

What is the answer 4 1/2 - 2/6=

Answer 1

4 1/6

Explanation:

We have:

`4(1)/(2) -(2)/(6) .`

First, let's simplify 2/6 to 1/3

Now, we have

4 1/2-1/3

We now need to find the common denominator of 2 and 3

2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10...

3: 3, 6, 9...

We find that 6 is the smallest number that is a multiple of both 2 and 3.

Making the denominators into 6:

4 3/6-2/6 = 4 1/6