Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{2}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{4}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{2}{5}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 2}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{4}$

Step 1.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 2$ .

$\frac{2 (- 1)}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{4}$

Step 1.3

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

$\frac{2 \cdot - 1}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.4

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 \cdot - 1}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.5

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{2}$

Step 2

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Step 2.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 1}{5} \cdot \frac{5}{2}$

Step 2.2

Rewrite the expression.

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

Step 3

Rewrite $- 1 (\frac{1}{2})$ as $- (\frac{1}{2})$ .

$- \frac{1}{2}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{2}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.5$