Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Step  1  :

            1
 Simplify   —
            3

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  24    1
  —— -  —
  1     3

Step  2  :

            24
 Simplify   ——
            1 

Equation at the end of step  2  :

        1
  24 -  —
        3

Step  3  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 3.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

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

           24     24 • 3
     24 =  ——  =  ——————
           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 :

 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:

 24 • 3 - (1)     71
 ————————————  =  ——
      3           3 

Final result :

  71            
  —— = 23.66667 
  3