Solution - Reducing fractions to their lowest terms

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

(1): "0.424" was replaced by "(424/1000)".

Step  1  :

             53
 Simplify   ———
            125

Equation at the end of step  1  :

        53
  5 -  ———
       125

Step  2  :

Rewriting the whole as an Equivalent Fraction :

 2.1   Subtracting a fraction from a whole

Rewrite the whole as a fraction using  125  as the denominator :

          5     5 • 125
     5 =  —  =  ———————
          1       125  

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:

 5 • 125 - (53)     572
 ——————————————  =  ———
      125           125

Final result :

  572           
  ——— = 4.57600 
  125