Solve -5/3*1/2

$$\frac { - 5 } { 3 } \cdot \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{6}\approx -0.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-5}{3} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{3} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{5}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-5}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{-5}{6}$$

Fraction \frac{-5}{6} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{6} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{5}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{6} = -0.8333333333333334$$