What minus 4/6 equals 1/2?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What minus 4/6 equals 1/2?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x - 4/6 = 1/2

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by adding 4/6 on both sides like this:

x - 4/6 + 4/6 = 1/2 + 4/6

x - 4/6 + 4/6 leaves x and 1/2 + 4/6 is 1 1/6 which means we end up with x = 1 1/6. Therefore, the answer to "What minus 4/6 equals 1/2?" is as follows:

1 1/6

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 1 1/6 for x in this equation x - 4/6 = 1/2, we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

1 1/6 - 4/6 = 1/2

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