Solve 4/5-3/6=

$$4 / 5 - 3 / 6 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{10}=0.3$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{5}-\frac{1}{2}$$

Least common multiple of 5 and 2 is 10. Convert \frac{4}{5} and \frac{1}{2} to fractions with denominator 10.

$$\frac{8}{10}-\frac{5}{10}$$

Since \frac{8}{10} and \frac{5}{10} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{8-5}{10}$$

Subtract 5 from 8 to get 3.

$$\frac{3}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 \cdot 5} = 0.3$$