Solve 0.12/1.5*100%

$$\frac{ 0.12 }{ 1.5 } \times 100 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.08$$

Solution Steps

Divide 100 by 100 to get 1.

$$\frac{0.12}{1.5}\times 1$$

Expand \frac{0.12}{1.5} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{12}{150}\times 1$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{150} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{2}{25}\times 1$$

Multiply \frac{2}{25} and 1 to get \frac{2}{25}.

$$\frac{2}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{5 ^ {2}} = 0.08$$