Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            3
 Simplify   —
            1

Equation at the end of step  1  :

         5           
  (0 -  ——) -  (0 -  3)
        12           

Step  2  :

             5
 Simplify   ——
            12

Equation at the end of step  2  :

         5     
  (0 -  ——) -  -3
        12     

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Subtracting a whole from a fraction

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  12  as the denominator :

          -3     -3 • 12
    -3 =  ——  =  ———————
          1        12   

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:

 -5 - (-3 • 12)     31
 ——————————————  =  ——
       12           12

Final result :

  31           
  —— = 2.58333 
  12