Solve 15/6*-2/3

$$1 \frac { 5 } { 6 } \times - \frac { 2 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{11}{9}\approx -1.222222222$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 6 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+5}{6}\left(-\frac{2}{3}\right)$$

Add 6 and 5 to get 11.

$$\frac{11}{6}\left(-\frac{2}{3}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{11}{6} times -\frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{11\left(-2\right)}{6\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\left(-2\right)}{6\times 3}.

$$\frac{-22}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{-22}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$-\frac{11}{9}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{11}{9} = -1\frac{2}{9} = -1.2222222222222223$$