Solve 15/1000142/10

$$\frac{ 15 }{ 1000 } \frac{ 142 }{ 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{213}{1000}=0.213$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{200}\times \frac{142}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{142}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{200}\times \frac{71}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{200} times \frac{71}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 71}{200\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 71}{200\times 5}.

$$\frac{213}{1000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 71}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {3}} = 0.213$$