Solve 1/3(1-1/4)

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 3 } (1- \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{4}{4}.

$$\frac{1}{3}\left(\frac{4}{4}-\frac{1}{4}\right)$$

Since \frac{4}{4} and \frac{1}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{4-1}{4}$$

Subtract 1 from 4 to get 3.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 3}{3\times 4}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$