Solve -1.5*(1/4)

$$-1.5 \times ( \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$-0.375$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number -1.5 to fraction -\frac{15}{10}. Reduce the fraction -\frac{15}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$-\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply -\frac{3}{2} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{-3}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-3}{2\times 4}.

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

Fraction \frac{-3}{8} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{8} by extracting the negative sign.

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

Factor

$$-0.375$$