Solve 2/4*(-3/8)=

$$\frac { 2 } { 4 } \times ( - \frac { 3 } { 8 } ) =$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{3}{16}=-0.1875$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}\left(-\frac{3}{8}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times -\frac{3}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\left(-3\right)}{2\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-3\right)}{2\times 8}.

$$\frac{-3}{16}$$

Fraction \frac{-3}{16} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{16} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{16}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{3}{16} = -0.1875$$