Solve 1.24*4.5%

$$1.24 \times 4.5 \%$$

Evaluate

$$0.0558$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{4.5}{100} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 10.

$$1.24\times \frac{45}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{45}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$1.24\times \frac{9}{200}$$

Convert decimal number 1.24 to fraction \frac{124}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{124}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{31}{25}\times \frac{9}{200}$$

Multiply \frac{31}{25} times \frac{9}{200} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{31\times 9}{25\times 200}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{31\times 9}{25\times 200}.

$$\frac{279}{5000}$$

Factor

$$\frac{31 \cdot 3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {4}} = 0.0558$$