What is 4/6 - 8/12?

Here's how to subtract 8/12 from 4/6:

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 12, and get 48.

Then we multiply 8 by 6, and get 48.

Next we give both terms new denominators -- 6 × 12 = 72.

So now our fractions look like this:

Step 2

Since our denominators match, we can subtract the numerators.

48 − 48 = 0

So the answer is: