Solve -4/6*3/6

$$- \frac{ 4 }{ 6 } \times \frac{ 3 }{ 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{1}{3}\approx -0.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{3}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$-\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-2}{3\times 2}$$

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

$$\frac{-2}{6}$$

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

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

Factor

$$-\frac{1}{3} = -0.3333333333333333$$