Solve 4/8*1.25

$$\frac{ 4 }{ 8 } \times 1.25$$

Evaluate

$$0.625$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times 1.25$$

Convert decimal number 1.25 to fraction \frac{125}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{125}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{5}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 5}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{5}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.625$$