Solve 5/8quad(5)2/8

$$\frac { 5 } { 8 } \quad ( 5 ) \frac { 2 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{25}{32}=0.78125$$

Solution Steps

Express \frac{5}{8}\times 5 as a single fraction.

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

Multiply 5 and 5 to get 25.

$$\frac{25}{8}\times \frac{2}{8}$$

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

$$\frac{25}{8}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{25}{8} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{25\times 1}{8\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{25\times 1}{8\times 4}.

$$\frac{25}{32}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {5}} = 0.78125$$