Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            4
 Simplify   —
            1

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        3           
  (0 -  —) +  (0 -  4)
        5           

Step  2  :

            3
 Simplify   —
            5

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        3     
  (0 -  —) +  -4
        5     

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Adding a whole to a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  5  as the denominator :

          -4     -4 • 5
    -4 =  ——  =  ——————
          1        5   

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 :

 3.2       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:

 -3 + -4 • 5     -23
 ———————————  =  ———
      5           5 

Final result :

  -23            
  ——— = -4.60000 
   5