3/15 - 3/10 =? Understand Fractions? Let’s test your basic math skills!

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Комментарии • 96

  • @richardhole8429
    @richardhole8429 Месяц назад +16

    In this case the hard way is as fast as seeking a shotcut. LCD is 30
    6/30 - 9/30 = -3/30 = -1/10

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@davidmata9952"easier" is subjective and personal. There's no objective reason why calculating this in terms of tenths is superior to calculating it in terms of thirtieths, or vice versa.
      Personally, I found it more instinctive and natural to do the latter. YMMV.

    • @roygalaasen
      @roygalaasen Месяц назад +2

      I just 30/150 - 45/150 = -15/150 = -1/10 not hard either.

    • @Mr._Fit_Atheist
      @Mr._Fit_Atheist Месяц назад +1

      ​@@davidmata9952Well, I saw 30 being the LCD instantly..the numbers were small and easily doubled and tripled...so that was nearly an instantaneous thought process .
      Thinking in terms of going down, then up again , seemed to involve a few more microseconds of thought processing ...for me.😜
      I doubt anyone would argue the scientific notation should be involved here...which was designed to handle extremely large numbers.

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Месяц назад

      ​@@davidmata9952 What's that got to do with anything?!
      We're talking about two different approaches, both of which involve a subtraction calculation with single digit numbers. Scientific notation, and the cumbersome nature of the very large numbers it is designed to handle, doesn't come into it!

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Месяц назад

      ​@@davidmata9952That's got nothing to do with your assertion that I'm refuting.

  • @mylittlepitbull3143
    @mylittlepitbull3143 Месяц назад +7

    I did it in my head in 3 seconds way different than anybody else would.
    3/15 is 1/5 - 3/10 (which is 1.5/5) = -.5/5 = -1/10

    • @MrSummitville
      @MrSummitville Месяц назад +1

      3/15 is 1/5 is 2/10 ... 2/10 - 3/10 = -1/10.

    • @richardhole8429
      @richardhole8429 Месяц назад

      Different but equally valid

  • @kittyskid1
    @kittyskid1 Месяц назад +2

    paused at 1:47. Got it right. Reduced 3/15 to 1/5; making the CD 10. Therefore 2/10-3/10. Result -1/10. Now on to the video to see how I did.

  • @thomasharding1838
    @thomasharding1838 Месяц назад +3

    Fractions are fUN! You pointed out the problem if it had been 7/15 which is why I always go the direct route of LCD and do the reductions at the end. Nice Explanations.

  • @Save657
    @Save657 Месяц назад +3

    Having been a kid in the 1970's, there is a lot I have forgotten. Thank you for such quality math videos. 🏆

    • @theDemocraticway
      @theDemocraticway Месяц назад +1

      I would have done that one in my head in 1947

    • @Save657
      @Save657 Месяц назад

      @@theDemocraticway Well, your better than I am, I still use paper and pencil. 📝

    • @EricT3769
      @EricT3769 День назад

      I used to know so much more than I do now, but I learned it using “old math”. Lol. That way probably wouldn’t fly today.

  • @robertloveless4938
    @robertloveless4938 Месяц назад

    TO FIND LCD AND GCF, use a venn diagram. Factor both numbers to their primes, put the ones they share in the 'common' area, the ones they don't share on the outsides. SHARED factors multiply to make GCF, ALL FACTORS multiply to make the LCD.
    I can't make an venn here, so bear with me. 24 and 36, eg. ----
    24 = 2×2×2×3
    36= 2×2×3×3.
    They share two 2s and one 3.
    Diagram would be [2 (2,2,3) 3]
    Ergo, GCF would be 2×2×3 and LCD would be 2x2x2x3x3.
    BTW, the LCD × GCF. ALWAYS = the product of the 2 original numbers. And the reduced fraction is ALWAYS the outside numbers (in this case, 2 and 3)

  • @user-lu3lx7rr3k
    @user-lu3lx7rr3k Месяц назад +4

    d) -1/10

  • @toma.pudding
    @toma.pudding Месяц назад

    I thought this was some sort of tricky question because of the thumbnail claiming that many will get it wrong! Turns out it was really basic. Regardless I am happy with reviewing basic math skills. It is important to keep the foundations strong

  • @Hewhowalks-fv5mq
    @Hewhowalks-fv5mq Месяц назад

    Love doing mental maths keeps the brain going

  • @tom-kz9pb
    @tom-kz9pb Месяц назад

    You can also cross-multiply: (30/150) - (45/150 ) = (-15/150) = -1/10

  • @rolatio2
    @rolatio2 Месяц назад +1

    Lengthy solutions.

  • @MrMousley
    @MrMousley Месяц назад

    Well (just looking at it) 3/10 is bigger than 3/15 so the answer is going to be 'minus'
    then (quickly in my head) 3/15 - 3 /10 is 6/30 - 9/30 = - 3/30 which is - 1/10
    or 3/15 is 1/5 which is 2/10 giving us 2/10 - 3/10 which is - 1/10

  • @davesaftrains4368
    @davesaftrains4368 Месяц назад

    Having been a scientific programmer and statistician I rewrite the expression as (3x(1/15)) - (3x(1/10)) then apply order of precedence or operations (and a calculator 😮 (😢)) arrive at -(1/10) 😃 🧮

  • @russelllomando8460
    @russelllomando8460 Месяц назад +1

    got it -1/10 easy LCD of 30 subtract to a -3/30 reduce thanks for the fun

    • @MrSummitville
      @MrSummitville Месяц назад

      LCD is 10 ... 3/15 is 1/5 is 2/10 ... 2/10 - 3/10 = -1/10

  • @robertloveless4938
    @robertloveless4938 Месяц назад

    Anybody out there old enough to remember the "means and extremes"?.
    A/B + C/D = (AD) + (BC) / BD. Works with subtracting, too.
    3/4 -1/6 = (3×6) - (1×4) / (4×6). reduce.
    Easy- peasy.

  • @OVHabitats
    @OVHabitats Месяц назад

    While you were learning math in 1977 I was in college and soon after in the military however, I always enjoyed math and that is why I love your channel. Every time one of your videos pops up I have a need to test myself. For the record, I usually have the right answer. I knew Aunt Sally too.
    I always equate math with money or food. LOL Fractions are pizzas and +/- numbers are a check book. My mother had an issue with negative numbers until I asked her to bring her check book over and I asked her you have $750 in your checking account and you write a check for $800 what do you do? Her response was priceless. She said I have to run like hell to the bank and deposit at least $50. Yep, that is your negative number.

  • @jamescoe4765
    @jamescoe4765 29 дней назад

    I would have never became a civil engineer if you were my first math teacher.

  • @stevestephens967
    @stevestephens967 Месяц назад

    The easiest and quickest way the solve this is to multiply the left term by one in the form of 2/3 over 2/3, resulting in 2/10 - 3/10 = 1/10.BTW I got my math degree exactly fifty years ago.

  • @peacehappyb237
    @peacehappyb237 Месяц назад

    I got it right!

  • @MerryDrums
    @MerryDrums 27 дней назад

    d) 30 - 45, all over 150 =. - 1/10

  • @tomtke7351
    @tomtke7351 Месяц назад +1

    (30-45)/150
    -15/150
    -1/10

    • @edwellmusonda6819
      @edwellmusonda6819 Месяц назад

      30 is the lowest common denominator. 6/30-9/30=-3/30 simplified -1/10

    • @MrSummitville
      @MrSummitville Месяц назад

      ​@@edwellmusonda6819 10 is the LCD. 3/15 is 1/5 is 2/10 ... 2/10 - 3/10 = -1/10

    • @edwellmusonda6819
      @edwellmusonda6819 Месяц назад

      @@MrSummitville I'm talking without first simplifying

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Месяц назад

      ​@@edwellmusonda681930 is the lowest common multiple of 10 and 15. That's not necessarily the same as the lowest common denominator for fractions over 10 and over 15.
      Personally I tend not to worry about LCD with fraction calculations like this. I just work with an obvious common multiple of the denominators (don't care whether it's the lowest common multiple or not) and then simplify at the end.
      In this case, putting everything over 30 was the natural approach for me too.

  • @devonwilson5776
    @devonwilson5776 Месяц назад

    Greetings. The answer is negative 1/10.
    (6-9)/30=-3/30=-1/10.

  • @tomtke7351
    @tomtke7351 Месяц назад

    Alternate--
    (3/15) - (3/10)
    (1/5) - (3/10)
    (2/10) - (3/10)
    -(1/10)

  • @lwh7301
    @lwh7301 Месяц назад +1

    Fifth grade math.

  • @cariyahcariyah4536
    @cariyahcariyah4536 17 дней назад

    MANY WILL GET WRONG!
    An unwise sentence said by a Teacher. Many are also clever!

  • @eccentricaste3232
    @eccentricaste3232 Месяц назад

    -10^-1

  • @tommykyle1570
    @tommykyle1570 12 дней назад

    Very, very, very easy

  • @jeromebuenoval7476
    @jeromebuenoval7476 Месяц назад

    d) -1/10
    3 3
    --- - -----
    15 10
    3 3
    ----- - -----
    3*5 2*5
    1 3
    --- - ------
    5 2*5
    2 - 3
    --------------
    2*5
    -1
    ---
    10

  • @terry_willis
    @terry_willis Месяц назад

    I solved this one in my head while swimming under water across my pool.

  • @lukeknowles5700
    @lukeknowles5700 Месяц назад

    -1/10...
    3/15 = 2/10
    2/10 - 3/10 = -1/10

  • @olusoladisu9486
    @olusoladisu9486 Месяц назад

    D -1/10

  • @jefferywalton8176
    @jefferywalton8176 11 дней назад

    1/2

  • @user-jj3hi3gh4u
    @user-jj3hi3gh4u Месяц назад

    d, don’t know how I did it

  • @mossesmadjemite2289
    @mossesmadjemite2289 Месяц назад

    D) -1/10

  • @ronnieq9706
    @ronnieq9706 7 дней назад

    D.) -1/10

  • @geezer939
    @geezer939 Месяц назад

    LCD = 30

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 Месяц назад

      LCM is 30. LCD is 10.
      But it doesn't matter. All you need is any valid common denominator, then you can simplify at the end.

  • @DayanandPandey-ns5qc
    @DayanandPandey-ns5qc Месяц назад

    Ans.-1/10

  • @sudhirpatil7602
    @sudhirpatil7602 27 дней назад

    _१/१०

  • @Ayelmar
    @Ayelmar Месяц назад

    Solved in my head at the thumbnail, my answer is d) -1/10.
    0) 3/15 - 3/10 -- Start
    1) 30/150 - 45/159 -- cross-multiply to get a common denominator
    2) -15/150 -- Subtrract the numerators
    3) -1/10 -- Simplify the fraction

  • @46bovine
    @46bovine Месяц назад

    -1/10. How about a cash award instead of happy faces and gold stars. How about $100.00…BAAAAWAAAAAHAHAHAAAAA! Just kidding.

  • @alwayslearningthankyou2708
    @alwayslearningthankyou2708 Месяц назад

    D 1/10

  • @vintagehomemaker9338
    @vintagehomemaker9338 Месяц назад

    d.

  • @grengasami9209
    @grengasami9209 20 дней назад

    Answer is -1/10

  • @radman9219
    @radman9219 Месяц назад

    👍

  • @Ca_milo_G
    @Ca_milo_G Месяц назад

    d

  • @rogerparkhurst5796
    @rogerparkhurst5796 Месяц назад

    D

  • @farjanajahan3222
    @farjanajahan3222 Месяц назад

    _1/10

  • @michaelsciallo8948
    @michaelsciallo8948 7 дней назад

    Informative, yes. Get to the point man! Too many tangents

  • @MichaelLong-k1u
    @MichaelLong-k1u Месяц назад

    A

  • @hellenhouse-s1f
    @hellenhouse-s1f Месяц назад

    b

  • @NoorAli-vk8nx
    @NoorAli-vk8nx Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 Месяц назад

    -⅒ in about five seconds in my head. Sorry it took so long. I'm really tired.

  • @maxinemcafee4893
    @maxinemcafee4893 Месяц назад

    d) -1/10

  • @seibertmccormick184
    @seibertmccormick184 Месяц назад

    D) -1/10

  • @bobbresnahan8397
    @bobbresnahan8397 Месяц назад

    d

  • @rgrinnell
    @rgrinnell Месяц назад

    D

  • @shanthafernando1551
    @shanthafernando1551 26 дней назад

    _1/10

  • @subasu478
    @subasu478 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @charlesmitchell5841
    @charlesmitchell5841 Месяц назад

    d) -1/10

  • @shakirhamoodi5009
    @shakirhamoodi5009 Месяц назад

    d) - 1/10

  • @josephlaura7387
    @josephlaura7387 Месяц назад

    d) -1/10

  • @treeblindbuck3260
    @treeblindbuck3260 Месяц назад

    D

  • @chucktaylor4958
    @chucktaylor4958 Месяц назад

    D

  • @user-zk5jt8fb1m
    @user-zk5jt8fb1m Месяц назад

    D

  • @kennethwright870
    @kennethwright870 Месяц назад

    D

  • @nancyfloyd7052
    @nancyfloyd7052 Месяц назад

    D

  • @Krishna-rq6ul
    @Krishna-rq6ul Месяц назад

    D

  • @RogerWilson-wo8hn
    @RogerWilson-wo8hn Месяц назад

    D

  • @HugoRH444
    @HugoRH444 Месяц назад

    D

  • @alessioandreoli2145
    @alessioandreoli2145 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @joanblois5153
    @joanblois5153 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @richardsmith3905
    @richardsmith3905 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @michaellassley30
    @michaellassley30 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @pas6295
    @pas6295 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @erembald2927
    @erembald2927 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @subasu478
    @subasu478 Месяц назад

    -1/10

  • @chrisdissanayake6979
    @chrisdissanayake6979 Месяц назад

    - 1/10