Basic Math Examples

\frac{- 1}{5} - \frac{1}{1}

$\frac{- 1}{5} - \frac{1}{1}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

- \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{1}

$- \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{1}$

Step 1.2

Cancel the common factor of

1

$1$ .

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Step 1.2.1

Cancel the common factor.

$- \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{1}$

Step 1.2.2

Rewrite the expression.

$- \frac{1}{5} - 1 \cdot 1$

Step 1.3

Multiply

$- 1$ by

$1$ .

$- \frac{1}{5} - 1$

Step 2

To write

$- 1$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by

$\frac{5}{5}$ .

$- \frac{1}{5} - 1 \cdot \frac{5}{5}$

Step 3

Combine

$- 1$ and

$\frac{5}{5}$ .

$- \frac{1}{5} + \frac{- 1 \cdot 5}{5}$

Step 4

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{- 1 - 1 \cdot 5}{5}$

Step 5

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 5.1

Multiply

$- 1$ by

$5$ .

$\frac{- 1 - 5}{5}$

Step 5.2

Subtract

$5$ from

$- 1$ .

$\frac{- 6}{5}$

Step 6

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{6}{5}$

Step 7

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{6}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$- 1.2$

Mixed Number Form:

$- 1 \frac{1}{5}$