Solve 5/24div3/8=

$$\frac { 5 } { 24 } \div \frac { 3 } { 8 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{9}\approx 0.555555556$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{5}{24} by \frac{3}{8} by multiplying \frac{5}{24} by the reciprocal of \frac{3}{8}.

$$\frac{5}{24}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{24} times \frac{8}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 8}{24\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 8}{24\times 3}.

$$\frac{40}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{5}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{3 ^ {2}} = 0.5555555555555556$$