Solve 1/3*3/6-2/6=

$$\frac { 1 } { 3 } \times \frac { 3 } { 6 } - \frac { 2 } { 6 } =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{6}\approx -0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}-\frac{2}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{3\times 2}-\frac{2}{6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{1}{6}-\frac{2}{6}$$

Since \frac{1}{6} and \frac{2}{6} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1-2}{6}$$

Subtract 2 from 1 to get -1.

$$-\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{6} = -0.16666666666666666$$