Expressed as a proper fraction in its simplest form, 1/3 - 3/5 = -4/15 or minus four fifteenths. Expressed as a decimal, this is equal to -0.26 recurring (that is, -0.26666...)
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minus three fifths
One third of three fifths is one fifth.
Assuming that you mean "fifths", the answer is three fifths.
three fifths is bigger.
One whole minus two fifths is three fifths.