Solve -61/8*3/14

$$- 6 \frac { 1 } { 8 } \times \frac { 3 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{21}{16}=-1.3125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 6 and 8 to get 48.

$$\left(-\frac{48+1}{8}\right)\times \frac{3}{14}$$

Add 48 and 1 to get 49.

$$-\frac{49}{8}\times \frac{3}{14}$$

Multiply -\frac{49}{8} times \frac{3}{14} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-49\times 3}{8\times 14}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-49\times 3}{8\times 14}.

$$\frac{-147}{112}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-147}{112} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 7.

$$-\frac{21}{16}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{21}{16} = -1\frac{5}{16} = -1.3125$$