1 minus 1/2 minus 1/3 is equal to 0.166667
1/3 minus 1/2 is -1/6
one and one eighth
5/6 or .833 (repeating)
3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6
1 minus 1/2 minus 1/3 is equal to 0.166667
1/3 minus 1/2 is -1/6
1.5
six and 5/6
one and one eighth
5/6 or .833 (repeating)
3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6
1500 minus one third is 1499 2/3
one half of one sixth is one twelfth
3 1/3 - 1/2 = 2 5/6 or two and five sixths.
one half
6 and one half minus 4 = 2 and one half 6 1/2 - 4 = 2 1/2