Solve 1/6div5/24

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 6 } \div \frac{ 5 }{ 24 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{5}=0.8$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{6} by \frac{5}{24} by multiplying \frac{1}{6} by the reciprocal of \frac{5}{24}.

$$\frac{1}{6}\times \frac{24}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{6} times \frac{24}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 24}{6\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 24}{6\times 5}.

$$\frac{24}{30}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{4}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{5} = 0.8$$