Solve 90%text{of}0.4

$$90 \% \text { of } 0.4$$

Evaluate

$$0.36$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{90}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 10.

$$\frac{9}{10}\times 0.4$$

Convert decimal number 0.4 to fraction \frac{4}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{9}{10}\times \frac{2}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{10} times \frac{2}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 2}{10\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 2}{10\times 5}.

$$\frac{18}{50}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{50} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{9}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{5 ^ {2}} = 0.36$$