Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            2
 Simplify   —
            3

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        2
  27 -  —
        3

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  3  as the denominator :

           27     27 • 3
     27 =  ——  =  ——————
           1        3   

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:

 27 • 3 - (2)     79
 ————————————  =  ——
      3           3 

Final result :

  79            
  —— = 26.33333 
  3