Solve 1/500*0.04

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 500 } \times 0.04$$

Evaluate

$$0.00008$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.04 to fraction \frac{4}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{500}\times \frac{1}{25}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{500} times \frac{1}{25} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{500\times 25}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{500\times 25}.

$$\frac{1}{12500}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {5}} = 8 \times 10^{-5}$$