Solve 1/3-20%

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 3 } -20 \%$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{15}\approx 0.133333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{5}$$

Least common multiple of 3 and 5 is 15. Convert \frac{1}{3} and \frac{1}{5} to fractions with denominator 15.

$$\frac{5}{15}-\frac{3}{15}$$

Since \frac{5}{15} and \frac{3}{15} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{5-3}{15}$$

Subtract 3 from 5 to get 2.

$$\frac{2}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{3 \cdot 5} = 0.13333333333333333$$