Solve 1/2*2/5*1/3=

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } \times \frac { 2 } { 5 } \times \frac { 1 } { 3 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{15}\approx 0.066666667$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1\times 2}{2\times 5}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{5}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{5} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{5\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{5\times 3}.

$$\frac{1}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{3 \cdot 5} = 0.06666666666666667$$