Solve 1/16div1.25*2/5

$$\frac { 1 } { 16 } \div 1.25 \times \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.02$$

Solution Steps

Express \frac{\frac{1}{16}}{1.25} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{1}{16\times 1.25}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply 16 and 1.25 to get 20.

$$\frac{1}{20}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{20} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{20\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{20\times 5}.

$$\frac{2}{100}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{50}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.02$$