Solve 12.5/100*299.99=

$$\frac{ 12.5 }{ 100 } \times 299.99=$$

Evaluate

$$37.49875$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{12.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{125}{1000}\times 299.99$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{125}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 125.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times 299.99$$

Convert decimal number 299.99 to fraction \frac{29999}{100}.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{29999}{100}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{29999}{100} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 29999}{8\times 100}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 29999}{8\times 100}.

$$\frac{29999}{800}$$

Factor

$$\frac{131 \cdot 229}{2 ^ {5} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 37\frac{399}{800} = 37.49875$$