Solve 4/8*8/10

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{5}=0.4$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{8}{10}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 4}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 4}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{4}{10}$$

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

$$\frac{2}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{5} = 0.4$$