Solve -11/2*11/8

$$- 1 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{27}{16}=-1.6875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 2 to get 2.

$$\left(-\frac{2+1}{2}\right)\times \frac{1\times 8+1}{8}$$

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

$$-\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{8+1}{8}$$

Add 8 and 1 to get 9.

$$-\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{9}{8}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{2} times \frac{9}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-3\times 9}{2\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-3\times 9}{2\times 8}.

$$\frac{-27}{16}$$

Fraction \frac{-27}{16} can be rewritten as -\frac{27}{16} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{27}{16}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{27}{16} = -1\frac{11}{16} = -1.6875$$