Solve 1/4*5/6*1/8*16=

$$\frac { 1 } { 4 } \times \frac { 5 } { 6 } \times \frac { 1 } { 8 } \times 16 =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{12}\approx 0.416666667$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1\times 5}{4\times 6}\times \frac{1}{8}\times 16$$

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

$$\frac{5}{24}\times \frac{1}{8}\times 16$$

Multiply \frac{5}{24} times \frac{1}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 1}{24\times 8}\times 16$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 1}{24\times 8}.

$$\frac{5}{192}\times 16$$

Express \frac{5}{192}\times 16 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{5\times 16}{192}$$

Multiply 5 and 16 to get 80.

$$\frac{80}{192}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{192} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 16.

$$\frac{5}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.4166666666666667$$