How do you borrow fractions? - Answers

This is done when subtracting mixed fractions. Here you subtract the whole part and the fractional part separately; but if you have a case such as, for example, 5 2/6 - 3 3/6 in the first number, you can "borrow" one whole, which in this case is equal to 6/6; that is, you subtract it from the whole part and add it to the fractional part, thus converting the subtraction to: 4 8/6 - 3 3/6 Now you should have no trouble subtracting the whole part and the fractional part separately.