Solve 1/-4*-5/2

$$\frac{ 1 }{ -4 } \times \frac{ -5 }{ 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{8}=0.625$$

Solution Steps

Fraction \frac{1}{-4} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{4} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{-5}{2}$$

Fraction \frac{-5}{2} can be rewritten as -\frac{5}{2} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{4}\left(-\frac{5}{2}\right)$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{4} times -\frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-\left(-5\right)}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-\left(-5\right)}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{5}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.625$$