Solve 2.5/100*0.3/100

$$\frac{ 2.5 }{ 100 } \times \frac{ 0.3 }{ 100 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.000075$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{2.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{25}{1000}\times \frac{0.3}{100}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{1}{40}\times \frac{0.3}{100}$$

Expand \frac{0.3}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$\frac{1}{40}\times \frac{3}{1000}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{40} times \frac{3}{1000} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 3}{40\times 1000}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 3}{40\times 1000}.

$$\frac{3}{40000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {6} \cdot 5 ^ {4}} = 7.499999999999999 \times 10^{-5}$$