Solve 40%text{of}20%

$$40 \% \text { of } 20 \%$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{25}=0.08$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{40}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{20}{100}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 1}{5\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 1}{5\times 5}.

$$\frac{2}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{5 ^ {2}} = 0.08$$