Solve 1-5/3*1/6

$$1 - \frac { 5 } { 3 } \times \frac { 1 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{18}\approx 0.722222222$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{5}{3} times \frac{1}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$1-\frac{5\times 1}{3\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 1}{3\times 6}.

$$1-\frac{5}{18}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{18}{18}.

$$\frac{18}{18}-\frac{5}{18}$$

Since \frac{18}{18} and \frac{5}{18} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{18-5}{18}$$

Subtract 5 from 18 to get 13.

$$\frac{13}{18}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 0.7222222222222222$$