Evaluate - square root of 1/16

$- \sqrt{\frac{1}{16}}$

Step 1

Rewrite $\sqrt{\frac{1}{16}}$ as $\frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{16}}$ .

$- \frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{16}}$

Step 2

Any root of $1$ is $1$ .

$- \frac{1}{\sqrt{16}}$

Step 3

Simplify the denominator.

Rewrite $16$ as $4^{2}$ .

$- \frac{1}{\sqrt{4^{2}}}$

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$- \frac{1}{4}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{1}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$- 0.25$