Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            6

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  1    
  — -  12
  6    

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  6  as the denominator :

          12     12 • 6
    12 =  ——  =  ——————
          1        6   

Equivalent fraction : The fraction thus generated looks different but has the same value as the whole

Common denominator : The equivalent fraction and the other fraction involved in the calculation share the same denominator

Adding fractions that have a common denominator :

 2.2       Adding up the two equivalent fractions
Add the two equivalent fractions which now have a common denominator

Combine the numerators together, put the sum or difference over the common denominator then reduce to lowest terms if possible:

 1 - (12 • 6)     -71
 ————————————  =  ———
      6            6 

Final result :

  -71             
  ——— = -11.83333 
   6