Solve 3/2*16/100*5/9

$$\frac{ 3 }{ 2 } \times \frac{ 16 }{ 100 } \times \frac{ 5 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{15}\approx 0.133333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{4}{25}\times \frac{5}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{4}{25} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 4}{2\times 25}\times \frac{5}{9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 4}{2\times 25}.

$$\frac{12}{50}\times \frac{5}{9}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{50} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{6}{25}\times \frac{5}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{25} times \frac{5}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 5}{25\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 5}{25\times 9}.

$$\frac{30}{225}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{30}{225} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{2}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{3 \cdot 5} = 0.13333333333333333$$