1 minus 1/2 minus 1/3 is equal to 0.166667
2 and 5/6
1/3 minus 1/2 is -1/6
one and one eighth
3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6
1.5
one half of one sixth is one twelfth
2/3
1/3 minus 1/9 is 2/9.
two and one-half, or 2.5, or 2 1/2
2 and one half
or 5 and one third
3/6 (1/2) - 2/6 (1/3) = 1/6
1/2
One minus one third is two thirds. 1=3/3 3/3-1/3=2/3
Mathematically that would be 'minus a half'. (-1/2).
3 - 21/3 = 2/3.