Solve 4/100*0.42

$$\frac{ 4 }{ 100 } \times 0.42$$

Evaluate

$$0.0168$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{25}\times 0.42$$

Convert decimal number 0.42 to fraction \frac{42}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{25}\times \frac{21}{50}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{25} times \frac{21}{50} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 21}{25\times 50}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 21}{25\times 50}.

$$\frac{21}{1250}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {4}} = 0.0168$$