Question

True or False$5 -1 \times \frac{2}{3} = 3 \times \frac{1}{3}$.true or false?

Answer 1

In order to check if the sentence is true, let's calculate the expression in the left side and compare it to the result in the right side:

$\begin{gathered} 5-1\cdot\frac{2}{3}=3\cdot\frac{1}{3} \\ 5-\frac{2}{3}=1 \\ \frac{15}{3}-\frac{2}{3}=1 \\ \frac{13}{3}=1 \end{gathered}$

The final expression is false, because the numbers are not equal.