Pre-Algebra Examples

$(- \frac{3}{8}) (- \frac{4}{15})$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

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Step 1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{3}{8}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 3}{8} (- \frac{4}{15})$

Step 1.2

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{4}{15}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 3}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{15}$

Step 1.3

Factor $3$ out of $- 3$ .

$\frac{3 (- 1)}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{15}$

Step 1.4

Factor $3$ out of $15$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot - 1}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 1.5

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{3 \cdot - 1}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{3 \cdot 5}$

Step 1.6

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 1}{8} \cdot \frac{- 4}{5}$

Step 2

Cancel the common factor of $4$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $4$ out of $8$ .

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

Step 2.2

Factor $4$ out of $- 4$ .

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

Step 2.3

Cancel the common factor.

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

Step 2.4

Rewrite the expression.

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

Step 3

Multiply $\frac{- 1}{2}$ by $\frac{- 1}{5}$ .

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

Step 4

Multiply.

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Step 4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

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

Step 4.2

Multiply $2$ by $5$ .

$\frac{1}{10}$

Step 5

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{1}{10}$

Decimal Form:

$0.1$