Page 9 - PPT 7

Subtraction of Like Fractions:

In order to subtract two like fractions, we may follow the following steps:

Step I:

Obtain the two fractions and their numerators.

Step II:

Subtract the smaller numerator from the bigger numerator.

Step III:

Retain the common denominator.

Step IV:

Write the fraction as Result in Step II / Result in Step III.