Solve 1/8*4/10

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 8 } \times \frac{ 4 }{ 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{20}=0.05$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{2}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{20}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 0.05$$