Solve 524/1*1/5*1/8

$$\frac{ 524 }{ 1 } \times \frac { 1 } { 5 } \times \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{131}{10}=13.1$$

Solution Steps

Anything divided by one gives itself.

$$524\times \frac{1}{5}\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Multiply 524 and \frac{1}{5} to get \frac{524}{5}.

$$\frac{524}{5}\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{524}{5} times \frac{1}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{524\times 1}{5\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{524\times 1}{5\times 8}.

$$\frac{524}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{524}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{131}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{131}{2 \cdot 5} = 13\frac{1}{10} = 13.1$$