Solve 1/2*-1/31/5=

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

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{30}\approx -0.033333333$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{-1}{3} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{3} by extracting the negative sign.

$$\frac{1}{2}\left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)\times \frac{1}{5}$$

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

$$\frac{1\left(-1\right)}{2\times 3}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-1\right)}{2\times 3}.

$$\frac{-1}{6}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Fraction \frac{-1}{6} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{6} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{6}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{6} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-1}{6\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-1}{6\times 5}.

$$\frac{-1}{30}$$

Fraction \frac{-1}{30} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{30} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{30}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{30} = -0.03333333333333333$$