Solve 0.24*7/8

$$0.24 \times \frac { 7 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.21$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.24 to fraction \frac{24}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{6}{25}\times \frac{7}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{6}{25} times \frac{7}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{6\times 7}{25\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{6\times 7}{25\times 8}.

$$\frac{42}{200}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{200} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{21}{100}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.21$$