Solve -1/4*4/12=

$$- \frac { 1 } { 4 } \times \frac { 4 } { 12 } =$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Factor

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