Solve 15/8*4/13

$$1 \frac { 5 } { 8 } \times \frac { 4 } { 13 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+5}{8}\times \frac{4}{13}$$

Add 8 and 5 to get 13.

$$\frac{13}{8}\times \frac{4}{13}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{8} times \frac{4}{13} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 4}{8\times 13}$$

Cancel out 13 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{4}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$