Solve -1+2/3*0.3=

$$- 1 + \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 0.3 =$$

Evaluate

$$-0.8$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.3 to fraction \frac{3}{10}.

$$-1+\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{3}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{3} times \frac{3}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$-1+\frac{2\times 3}{3\times 10}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$-1+\frac{2}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

Convert -1 to fraction -\frac{5}{5}.

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

Since -\frac{5}{5} and \frac{1}{5} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

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

Add -5 and 1 to get -4.

$$-\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$-0.8$$