Basic Math Examples

$| - 4 - 5 \cdot \frac{1}{5} |$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $5$ .

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Step 1.1

Factor $5$ out of $- 5$ .

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

Step 1.2

Cancel the common factor.

$| - 4 + 5 \cdot - 1 \cdot \frac{1}{5} |$

Step 1.3

Rewrite the expression.

$| - 4 - 1 |$

Step 2

Subtract $1$ from $- 4$ .

$| - 5 |$

Step 3

The absolute value is the distance between a number and zero. The distance between $- 5$ and $0$ is $5$ .

$5$