Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{1}{4} \cdot (- \frac{4}{3})$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{4}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 1}{4} \cdot (- \frac{4}{3})$

Step 1.2

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{4}{3}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 1}{4} \cdot \frac{- 4}{3}$

Step 1.3

Factor $4$ out of $- 4$ .

$\frac{- 1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 (- 1)}{3}$

Step 1.4

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 1}{4} \cdot \frac{4 \cdot - 1}{3}$

Step 1.5

Rewrite the expression.

$- 1 \cdot \frac{- 1}{3}$

Step 2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- 1 \cdot (- \frac{1}{3})$

Step 3

Multiply $- 1 (- \frac{1}{3})$ .

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Step 3.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$1 (\frac{1}{3})$

Step 3.2

Multiply $\frac{1}{3}$ by $1$ .

$\frac{1}{3}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{3}$

Decimal Form:

$0.\overline{3}$