Question

What is the Anwser to 1 minus 1/4?

Answer 1

`(3)/(4)`

Explanation:

`1-(1)/(4) \\\\(4)/(4) -(1)/(4) \\\\(3)/(4)`

1 is equal to any number divided by itself. This means that:

`(1)/(1)=1 \\\\(2)/(2)=1\\\\(3)/(3) =1\\\\(4)/(4)=1`

And so on....

When adding or subtracting fractions, you must make sure that the denominator (bottom number) of the fractions are the same. Therefore, as our fraction is
`(1)/(4)` we know that we must convert our 1 to
`(4)/(4)`.

Now we have the equation

`(4)/(4)-(1)/(4)`

As the denominators (bottom number) are the same, we can subtract the numerators (top number).

4-1=3

So our resulting fraction is
`(3)/(4)`