Question

How do you subtract a negative fraction from a positive fraction?

Answer 1

`1/4-(-3/8)=1/4+3/8=5/8`

Explanation:

Subtracting a negative fraction `B` from a positive fraction `A` means adding the number part of it (that means leaving the minus sign) to `A`.

For example if we have to subtract `-3/8` from `1/4` means, adding `3/8` to `1/4` or `1/4+3/8` and as `1/4` equal to `2/8`, `1/4+3/8=2/8+3/8=(2+3)/8=5/8`

Hence `1/4-(-3/8)=1/4+3/8=5/8`.