Solve 0.125*12/3*4/5

$$0.125 \times 1 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times \frac { 4 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{6}\approx 0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 3 to get 3.

$$0.125\times \frac{3+2}{3}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Add 3 and 2 to get 5.

$$0.125\times \frac{5}{3}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Convert decimal number 0.125 to fraction \frac{125}{1000}. Reduce the fraction \frac{125}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 125.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{5}{3}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 5}{8\times 3}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{5}{24}\times \frac{4}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{24} times \frac{4}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 4}{24\times 5}$$

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{4}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.16666666666666666$$