section_path: Arithmetic with fractions/Subtraction
section_name: Subtraction
paragraph_text: Subtraction
  
  The process for subtracting fractions is, in essence, the same as that of adding them: find a common denominator, and change each fraction to an equivalent fraction with the chosen common denominator. The resulting fraction will have that denominator, and its numerator will be the result of subtracting the numerators of the original fractions. For instance,
  
  To subtract a mixed number, an extra one can be borrowed from the minuend, for instance