What is 4/40 - 1/10?

Here's how to subtract 1/10 from 4/40:

Step 1

We can't subtract two fractions with different denominators. So you need to get a common denominator. To do this, you'll multiply the denominators times each other... but the numerators have to change, too. They get multiplied by the other term's denominator.

So we multiply 4 by 10, and get 40.

Then we multiply 1 by 40, and get 40.

Next we give both terms new denominators -- 40 × 10 = 400.

So now our fractions look like this:

Step 2

Since our denominators match, we can subtract the numerators.

40 − 40 = 0

So the answer is: