Basic Math Examples

$\frac{1}{14} - \frac{2}{56}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ and $56$ .

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Factor $2$ out of $2$ .

$\frac{1}{14} - \frac{2 (1)}{56}$

Cancel the common factors.

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Factor $2$ out of $56$ .

$\frac{1}{14} - \frac{2 \cdot 1}{2 \cdot 28}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{1}{14} - \frac{2 \cdot 1}{2 \cdot 28}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{14} - \frac{1}{28}$

To write $\frac{1}{14}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{14} \cdot \frac{2}{2} - \frac{1}{28}$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $28$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

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Multiply $\frac{1}{14}$ by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{2}{14 \cdot 2} - \frac{1}{28}$

Multiply $14$ by $2$ .

$\frac{2}{28} - \frac{1}{28}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{2 - 1}{28}$

Subtract $1$ from $2$ .

$\frac{1}{28}$

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{28}$

Decimal Form:

$0.03571428 \dots$