Solve -4/5*1.25*-8

$$- \frac{ 4 }{ 5 } \times 1.25 \times -8$$

Evaluate

$$8$$

Solution Steps

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.

$$-\frac{4}{5}\times \frac{5}{4}\left(-8\right)$$

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

$$\frac{-4\times 5}{5\times 4}\left(-8\right)$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{-4}{4}\left(-8\right)$$

Divide -4 by 4 to get -1.

$$-\left(-8\right)$$

Multiply -1 and -8 to get 8.

$$8$$

Factor

$$2^{3}$$