Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            12
 Simplify   ——
            25

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        12
  -2 +  ——
        25

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Adding a fraction to a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  25  as the denominator :

           -2     -2 • 25
     -2 =  ——  =  ———————
           1        25   

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:

 -2 • 25 + 12     -38
 ————————————  =  ———
      25          25 

Final result :

  -38            
  ——— = -1.52000 
  25