Solve 6/10*5/12

$$\frac { 6 } { 10 } \times \frac { 5 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{5}\times \frac{5}{12}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{5} times \frac{5}{12} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 5}{5\times 12}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{3}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$