Solve 4/10*5/10

$$\frac { 4 } { 10 } \times \frac { 5 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{5}{10}$$

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

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

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

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

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

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

Factor

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