Solve 51/4*-3/2

$$5 \frac { 1 } { 4 } \times - \frac { 3 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$-\frac{63}{8}=-7.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 4 to get 20.

$$\frac{20+1}{4}\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)$$

Add 20 and 1 to get 21.

$$\frac{21}{4}\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{21}{4} times -\frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{21\left(-3\right)}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{21\left(-3\right)}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{-63}{8}$$

Fraction \frac{-63}{8} can be rewritten as -\frac{63}{8} by extracting the negative sign.

$$-\frac{63}{8}$$

Factor

$$-\frac{63}{8} = -7\frac{7}{8} = -7.875$$