Solve 0.5*-3/10

$$0.5 \times - \frac{ 3 }{ 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$-0.15$$

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.

$$\frac{1}{2}\left(-\frac{3}{10}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times -\frac{3}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\left(-3\right)}{2\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\left(-3\right)}{2\times 10}.

$$\frac{-3}{20}$$

Fraction \frac{-3}{20} can be rewritten as -\frac{3}{20} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{3}{20}$$

Factor

$$-0.15$$