Solve 3/12*8/10

$$\frac { 3 } { 12 } \times \frac { 8 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{5}=0.2$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{8}{10}$$

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

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

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

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

Cancel out 4 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$$