Solve -2/-2/4

$$- \frac{ 2 }{ } - \frac{ 2 }{ 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{5}{2}=-2.5$$

Solution Steps

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$-2-\frac{2}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

Convert -2 to fraction -\frac{4}{2}.

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

Since -\frac{4}{2} and \frac{1}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

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

Subtract 1 from -4 to get -5.

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

Factor

$$-\frac{5}{2} = -2\frac{1}{2} = -2.5$$