Solve 3/6*8/5

$$\frac { 3 } { 6 } \times \frac { 8 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

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

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

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