Solve 12/1242/562/-6

$$\frac{ 12 }{ 124 } \frac{ 2 }{ 5 } \frac{ 62 }{ -6 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{2}{5}=-0.4$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{124} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{31}\times \frac{2}{5}\times \frac{62}{-6}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{31} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 2}{31\times 5}\times \frac{62}{-6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 2}{31\times 5}.

$$\frac{6}{155}\times \frac{62}{-6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{62}{-6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{155}\left(-\frac{31}{3}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{6}{155} times -\frac{31}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\left(-31\right)}{155\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\left(-31\right)}{155\times 3}.

$$\frac{-186}{465}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-186}{465} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 93.

$$-\frac{2}{5}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{2}{5} = -0.4$$