simplify 4/5*(-1/4) — step-by-step solution

Let's reduce:

\frac{4}{5} \times (- \frac{1}{4})

ⓘ The minus sign is placed in front of the product:

\frac{4}{5} \times (- \frac{1}{4})

- \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{4}

- \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{4}

ⓘ To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together:

- \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{4}

- \frac{4 \times 1}{5 \times 4}

- \frac{4}{20}

- \frac{4}{20}

ⓘ We simplify the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator by

4

, their greatest common divisor:

- \frac{4}{20}

- \frac{1 \times 4}{5 \times 4}

- \frac{1}{5}

▶Simplified form:

- \frac{1}{5}

The numeric value of:

- \frac{1}{5}

equals:

▷

-0.2