Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{1}{8} \cdot (- \frac{4}{7})$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{8}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 1}{8} \cdot (- \frac{4}{7})$

Step 1.2

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{4}{7}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 1}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{7}$

Step 1.3

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

$\frac{- 1}{4 (2)} \cdot \frac{- 4}{7}$

Step 1.4

Factor $4$ out of $- 4$ .

$\frac{- 1}{4 \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{7}$

Step 1.5

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 1}{4 \cdot 2} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{7}$

Step 1.6

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1}{2} \cdot \frac{- 1}{7}$

Step 2

Multiply $\frac{- 1}{2}$ by $\frac{- 1}{7}$ .

$\frac{- - 1}{2 \cdot 7}$

Step 3

Multiply.

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Step 3.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 7}$

Step 3.2

Multiply $2$ by $7$ .

$\frac{1}{14}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{14}$

Decimal Form:

$0.0\overline{714285}$