Solve 3/6-7/1

$$\frac { 3 } { 6 } - \frac { 7 } { 1 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{13}{2}=-6.5$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{7}{1}$$

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$\frac{1}{2}-7$$

Convert 7 to fraction \frac{14}{2}.

$$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{14}{2}$$

Since \frac{1}{2} and \frac{14}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1-14}{2}$$

Subtract 14 from 1 to get -13.

$$-\frac{13}{2}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{13}{2} = -6\frac{1}{2} = -6.5$$