Solve -12000/240000.5

$$- \frac{ 12000 }{ 24000 } 0.5$$

Evaluate

$$-0.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12000}{24000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12000.

$$-\frac{1}{2}\times 0.5$$

Convert decimal number 0.5 to fraction \frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

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

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

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-1}{2\times 2}.

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

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

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

Factor

$$-0.25$$