Solve 1/8div3/9*1/5=

$$\frac { 1 } { 8 } \div \frac { 3 } { 9 } \times \frac { 1 } { 5 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{40}=0.075$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{8} by \frac{3}{9} by multiplying \frac{1}{8} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{9}.

$$\frac{9}{8\times 3}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply 8 and 3 to get 24.

$$\frac{9}{24}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 1}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{3}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5} = 0.075$$