Solve 2/8*(-1/4)

$$\frac { 2 } { 8 } \cdot ( - \frac { 1 } { 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{16}=-0.0625$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times -\frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\left(-1\right)}{4\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-1\right)}{4\times 4}.

$$\frac{-1}{16}$$

Fraction \frac{-1}{16} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{16} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{16}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{16} = -0.0625$$