Solve (-2/3)*(-5/8)div0.25

$$( - \frac { 2 } { 3 } ) \times ( - \frac { 5 } { 8 } ) \div 0.25$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{5}{3}\approx 1.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply -\frac{2}{3} times -\frac{5}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{\frac{-2\left(-5\right)}{3\times 8}}{0.25}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{-2\left(-5\right)}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{\frac{10}{24}}{0.25}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{\frac{5}{12}}{0.25}$$

Express \frac{\frac{5}{12}}{0.25} as a single fraction.

$$\frac{5}{12\times 0.25}$$

Multiply 12 and 0.25 to get 3.

$$\frac{5}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{3} = 1\frac{2}{3} = 1.6666666666666667$$