Solve (-2/6)*(4/16)

$$( \frac { - 2 } { 6 } ) \cdot ( \frac { 4 } { 16 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{12}\approx -0.083333333$$

Solution Steps

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

$$-\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{4}{16}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{16} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$-\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply -\frac{1}{3} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-1}{3\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-1}{3\times 4}.

$$\frac{-1}{12}$$

Fraction \frac{-1}{12} can be rewritten as -\frac{1}{12} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{1}{12}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{12} = -0.08333333333333333$$