To get to your school 2/5 of the students walk, 1/3 of the students ride the bus, and the rest come in cars. How many students come to school in cars? Algebra Properties of Real Numbers Subtraction of Rational Numbers 1 Answer Patrick H. Jun 24, 2018 Let #1# represent all of the students. You can solve this by creating a common denominator for all fractions: #1-2/5-1/3# #15/15-6/15-5/15# #(15-6-5)/15# #4/15# #4/15# of the students come in cars. Answer link Related questions How do you subtract rational numbers? How do you subtract two rational numbers with different denominators? How do you add and subtract rational numbers in decimal form? How do you subtract #9-12#? How do you find the difference for #-6-(-13)#? How do you simplify #5/6 - (-1/3)#? How do you subtract #-11-(-50)#? How do you subtract #2/13 - 1/11#? How do you subtract #-3.1 - 21.9#? How do you evaluate the expression #|b+c|- a# given that #a=-1#, #b=2#, and #c=4#? See all questions in Subtraction of Rational Numbers Impact of this question 11158 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License