Basic Math Examples

1 - \frac{4}{8}

$1 - \frac{4}{8}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of

4

$4$ and

8

$8$ .

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Step 1.1

Factor

4

$4$ out of

4

$4$ .

1 - \frac{4 (1)}{8}

$1 - \frac{4 (1)}{8}$

Step 1.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 1.2.1

Factor

4

$4$ out of

8

$8$ .

1 - \frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}

$1 - \frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

1 - \frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}

$1 - \frac{4 \cdot 1}{4 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

1 - \frac{1}{2}

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

1 - \frac{1}{2}

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

1 - \frac{1}{2}

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

Step 2

Simplify the expression.

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Step 2.1

Write

1

$1$ as a fraction with a common denominator.

\frac{2}{2} - \frac{1}{2}

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

Step 2.2

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

\frac{2 - 1}{2}

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

Step 2.3

Subtract

1

$1$ from

2

$2$ .

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

\frac{1}{2}

$\frac{1}{2}$

Decimal Form:

0.5

$0.5$

[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$