stupid math question!!?

Question

I know this is totally dumb, but I have totally forgot fractions.
Would someone please help me?
I need to minus -1/3 from 9.
1/3 - 9=?

opps..
The problem is -1/3 minus 9

Answer 1

Hi,
Questions are dumb only if you can't get the answer and don't ask for help.
Your statement of the problem is a little contradictory because you say you want to minus (I read that as being subtract.) -1/3 from 9. But the you write 9 subtracted from 1/3. So, to cover all bases, let's do both.
Let's do 9 subtracted form -1/3.
-1/3 -9
Frist, let's get a common deniminator of 3.
-1/3 - 27/3 We did that by writing 9/1 and multiplying numerator and denominator by 3.
Now, when we subtract, we change the sign of the number being subtracted and add. So, we have this:
-1/3 + (-27/3)
-28/3 (Add the numerators.)

Now, let's do what you wrote:
1/3-9
1/3 - 27/3
26/3 Subtract the smaller numerator form the larger and give the result the sign of the larger absolute value.

Hope this helps.
FE

Answer 2

No worries. It's better to ask, than not to.
It's 9 - 1/3 = 27/3 - 1/3 = 26/3 or 8 2/3

Answer 3

-1/3 - 9
= -1/3 - (27/3)
= - 28/3
= - 9 & 1/3