Solve -22/3*1/8

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

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 3 to get 6.

$$\left(-\frac{6+2}{3}\right)\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Add 6 and 2 to get 8.

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

Multiply -\frac{8}{3} times \frac{1}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

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

$$\frac{-8}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-8}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

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

Factor

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