Solve 10/15*5/6

$$\frac { 10 } { 15 } \times \frac { 5 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{9}\approx 0.555555556$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{5}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{3} times \frac{5}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 5}{3\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 5}{3\times 6}.

$$\frac{10}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{5}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{3 ^ {2}} = 0.5555555555555556$$