Solve 3/5+(-4/6)

$$\frac { 3 } { 5 } + ( - \frac { 4 } { 6 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{15}\approx -0.066666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{5}-\frac{2}{3}$$

Least common multiple of 5 and 3 is 15. Convert \frac{3}{5} and \frac{2}{3} to fractions with denominator 15.

$$\frac{9}{15}-\frac{10}{15}$$

Since \frac{9}{15} and \frac{10}{15} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{9-10}{15}$$

Subtract 10 from 9 to get -1.

$$-\frac{1}{15}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{15} = -0.06666666666666667$$