1/3 = 5/15
You can create equivalent fractions by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same value n/n, essentially multiplying by 1.
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
5
one third
one-third, or 1/3, or 0.3
7/15 or seven fifteenths
Two fifths is six fifteenths. Eleven fifteenths minus six fifteenths is five fifteenths, which is also one third.
5
one third
8/15, 8 fifteenths
Converting to fifteenths, it is 5 fifteenths - 6 fifteenths, which gives minus one fifteenth.
No, after you've cut one-third and three-ninths, which is another third, there are only five-fifteenths left!
two-thirds
fourteen fifteenths
one-third, or 1/3, or 0.3
7/15 or seven fifteenths
It isn't. 1 third=5 fifteenths 1 fifth is 3 fifteenths so 2 fifths=6 fifteenths So 1/3 is less than 2/5 by 1/15
That's twenty two fifteenths, which equals one and seven fifteenths.