Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            23
 Simplify   ——
            8 

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         23
  223 -  ——
         8 

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  8  as the denominator :

            223     223 • 8
     223 =  ———  =  ———————
             1         8   

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:

 223 • 8 - (23)     1761
 ——————————————  =  ————
       8             8  

Final result :

  1761             
  ———— = 220.12500 
   8