| $$ \begin{aligned}-32\cdot\frac{1}{5}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-\frac{32}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $-32$ by $ \dfrac{1}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{-32}{5} $. Write $ -32 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} -32 \cdot \frac{1}{5} = \frac{-32}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{1}{5} = \frac{-32}{5} \end{aligned} $$ |