What Is 3/5 − 2/5?

Q: What is 3/5 − 2/5?

3/5 − 2/5 = 1/5 (0.2 as a decimal).

3/5 − 2/5 = 1/5, which is 0.2 as a decimal.

Result

Answer

\frac{3}{5} - \frac{2}{5} = \textcolor{#0b5c56}{\frac{1}{5}}

The difference is 1/5 in simplest form.

Decimal: \displaystyle 0.2
Percent: 20%

1 of 5 equal parts

Step-by-step solution

The problem

\frac{3}{5} - \frac{2}{5}

Subtract the numerators. Keep the denominator 5.
= \frac{3 - 2}{5} = \textcolor{#0b5c56}{\frac{1}{5}}
Check that it can't be simplified. 1 and 5 have no common factor other than 1, so this is the simplest form.
\text{GCF}(1, 5) = 1

All the working together

\begin{aligned} &\frac{3}{5} - \frac{2}{5} \\[8pt]  &= \frac{3 - 2}{5} && \textcolor{#5b6660}{\textsf{subtract}} \\[8pt]  &= \textcolor{#0b5c56}{\frac{1}{5}}\end{aligned}

The answer in other forms

Simplest form	1/5
Decimal	0.2
Percent	20%
Same fractions	2/5 + 3/5, 2/5 × 3/5, 3/5 ÷ 2/5

3/5 minus other fractions

Sum	Answer
3/5 − 1/2	1/10
3/5 − 1/3	4/15
3/5 − 1/4	7/20
3/5 − 1/5	2/5
3/5 − 2/5	1/5
3/5 − 1/6	13/30
3/5 − 1/8	19/40
3/5 − 3/8	9/40