Solve -1-0.5*1/3

$$- 1 - 0.5 \times \frac { 1 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{7}{6}\approx -1.166666667$$

Solution Steps

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.

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

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

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{2\times 3}.

$$-1-\frac{1}{6}$$

Convert -1 to fraction -\frac{6}{6}.

$$-\frac{6}{6}-\frac{1}{6}$$

Since -\frac{6}{6} and \frac{1}{6} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{-6-1}{6}$$

Subtract 1 from -6 to get -7.

$$-\frac{7}{6}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{7}{6} = -1\frac{1}{6} = -1.1666666666666667$$