Solve 2/5*25/20*8/5=?

$$\frac { 2 } { 5 } \times \frac { 25 } { 20 } \times \frac { 8 } { 5 } = ?$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{5}=0.8$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{5}{4}\times \frac{8}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 5}{5\times 4}\times \frac{8}{5}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}\times \frac{8}{5}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{8}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{8}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 8}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 8}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{8}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{5} = 0.8$$