Solve 1/4*5/6:5

$$\frac { 1 } { 4 } \times \frac { 5 } { 6 } : 5$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{24}\approx 0.041666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{5}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{\frac{1\times 5}{4\times 6}}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{4\times 6}.

$$\frac{\frac{5}{24}}{5}$$

Express \frac{\frac{5}{24}}{5} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{5}{24\times 5}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{24}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 3} = 0.041666666666666664$$