Solve 10%-4000

$$10 \% - 4000$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{39999}{10}=-3999.9$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{1}{10}-4000$$

Convert 4000 to fraction \frac{40000}{10}.

$$\frac{1}{10}-\frac{40000}{10}$$

Since \frac{1}{10} and \frac{40000}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1-40000}{10}$$

Subtract 40000 from 1 to get -39999.

$$-\frac{39999}{10}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{39999}{10} = -3999\frac{9}{10} = -3999.9$$