Subtract, answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Question

3/8 - 1/4 = [__]/[__]
Enter the numerator.

Answer 1

To subtract \( \frac{1}{4} \) from \( \frac{3}{8} \), we first need a common denominator. The denominators are 8 and 4.

The least common multiple of 8 and 4 is 8. Therefore, we can convert \( \frac{1}{4} \) to have a denominator of 8:

\[ \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1 \times 2}{4 \times 2} = \frac{2}{8} \]

Now we can perform the subtraction:

\[ \frac{3}{8} - \frac{2}{8} = \frac{3 - 2}{8} = \frac{1}{8} \]

Thus, the answer is \( \frac{1}{8} \).

The numerator is \( 1 \).

So, the final answer for the numerator is:

1