Pre-Algebra Examples

$- 4 y = \frac{1}{4}$

Step 1

Divide each term in $- 4 y = \frac{1}{4}$ by $- 4$ .

$\frac{- 4 y}{- 4} = \frac{\frac{1}{4}}{- 4}$

Step 2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 2.1

Cancel the common factor of $- 4$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 4 y}{- 4} = \frac{\frac{1}{4}}{- 4}$

Step 2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{\frac{1}{4}}{- 4}$

Step 3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.1

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$y = \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{- 4}$

Step 3.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = \frac{1}{4} (- \frac{1}{4})$

Step 3.3

Multiply $\frac{1}{4} (- \frac{1}{4})$ .

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Step 3.3.1

Multiply $\frac{1}{4}$ by $\frac{1}{4}$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{4 \cdot 4}$

Step 3.3.2

Multiply $4$ by $4$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{16}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$y = - \frac{1}{16}$

Decimal Form:

$y = - 0.0625$