Solve 2-125*11/15

$$2 - 125 \times 1 \frac { 1 } { 15 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{394}{3}\approx -131.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 15 to get 15.

$$2-125\times \frac{15+1}{15}$$

Add 15 and 1 to get 16.

$$2-125\times \frac{16}{15}$$

Express 125\times \frac{16}{15} as a single fraction.

$$2-\frac{125\times 16}{15}$$

Multiply 125 and 16 to get 2000.

$$2-\frac{2000}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2000}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$2-\frac{400}{3}$$

Convert 2 to fraction \frac{6}{3}.

$$\frac{6}{3}-\frac{400}{3}$$

Since \frac{6}{3} and \frac{400}{3} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{6-400}{3}$$

Subtract 400 from 6 to get -394.

$$-\frac{394}{3}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{394}{3} = -131\frac{1}{3} = -131.33333333333334$$