Solve 8/2^5*5/4

$$\frac { 8 } { 2 ^ { 5 } } \times \frac { 5 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{16}=0.3125$$

Solution Steps

Calculate 2 to the power of 5 and get 32.

$$\frac{8}{32}\times \frac{5}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{32} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

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

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

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

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

$$\frac{5}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.3125$$