Solve 5/15*15%250

$$\frac{ 5 }{ 15 } \times 15 \% 250$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{25}{2}=12.5$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{15}{100}\times 250$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{3}{20}\times 250$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{3}{20} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 3}{3\times 20}\times 250$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{20}\times 250$$

Multiply \frac{1}{20} and 250 to get \frac{250}{20}.

$$\frac{250}{20}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{250}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{25}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 ^ {2}}{2} = 12\frac{1}{2} = 12.5$$