Solve 1/2*1/2-1

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

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{4}=-0.75$$

Solution Steps

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

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{1}{4}-1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{4}{4}.

$$\frac{1}{4}-\frac{4}{4}$$

Since \frac{1}{4} and \frac{4}{4} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1-4}{4}$$

Subtract 4 from 1 to get -3.

$$-\frac{3}{4}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{4} = -0.75$$