Solve 0.6-5/10

$$0.6 - \frac { 5 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.1$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$0.6-\frac{1}{2}$$

Convert decimal number 0.6 to fraction \frac{6}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{5}-\frac{1}{2}$$

Least common multiple of 5 and 2 is 10. Convert \frac{3}{5} and \frac{1}{2} to fractions with denominator 10.

$$\frac{6}{10}-\frac{5}{10}$$

Since \frac{6}{10} and \frac{5}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{6-5}{10}$$

Subtract 5 from 6 to get 1.

$$\frac{1}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 5} = 0.1$$