Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

             5
 Simplify   ——
            12

Equation at the end of step  1  :

          5
  108 -  ——
         12

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

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

            108     108 • 12
     108 =  ———  =  ————————
             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 :

 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:

 108 • 12 - (5)     1291
 ——————————————  =  ————
       12            12 

Final result :

  1291             
  ———— = 107.58333 
   12