Solve 1-1000/6

$$1- \frac{ 1000 }{ 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{497}{3}\approx -165.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{1000}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$1-\frac{500}{3}$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{3}{3}.

$$\frac{3}{3}-\frac{500}{3}$$

Since \frac{3}{3} and \frac{500}{3} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{3-500}{3}$$

Subtract 500 from 3 to get -497.

$$-\frac{497}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{497}{3} = -165\frac{2}{3} = -165.66666666666666$$