Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{15}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{25}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{15}{24}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 15}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{25}$

Step 1.2

Factor $5$ out of $- 15$ .

$\frac{5 (- 3)}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{25}$

Step 1.3

Factor $5$ out of $25$ .

$\frac{5 \cdot - 3}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{5 \cdot 5}$

Step 1.4

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{5 \cdot - 3}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{5 \cdot 5}$

Step 1.5

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 3}{24} \cdot \frac{8}{5}$

Step 2

Cancel the common factor of $8$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $8$ out of $24$ .

$\frac{- 3}{8 (3)} \cdot \frac{8}{5}$

Step 2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 3}{8 \cdot 3} \cdot \frac{8}{5}$

Step 2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 3}{3} \cdot \frac{1}{5}$

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{- 3}{3}$ by $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$\frac{- 3}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 4

Multiply $3$ by $5$ .

$\frac{- 3}{15}$

Step 5

Cancel the common factor of $- 3$ and $15$ .

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Step 5.1

Factor $3$ out of $- 3$ .

$\frac{3 (- 1)}{15}$

Step 5.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 5.2.1

Factor $3$ out of $15$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot - 1}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 5.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 \cdot - 1}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 5.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1}{5}$

Step 6

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{5}$

Step 7

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.2$