Question

What is 4/5 of 1/4 of 40

Answer 1

Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

That translates into (4/5)(1/4)(40).

Simplifying, from right to left:  (4/5)(10) => 8

Answer 2

There are three steps to this problem.

1. First, you'll need to find out what 1/4 of 40 is. An easy way to determine this is by simply dividing 40 by 1/4. (This will only work if you have to divide a fraction with a numerator of 1 by a whole number, though.) You'll end up with 10.

2. Then, you will have to determine what 4/5 of 10 is. You can't divide a number by a fraction, so you will have to multiply 10 by 4/5 instead. The picture shown is how you'll set it up.

3. Now you'll need to simply 40/5, to do this, you can simply divide 40 by 5.

Your answer will end up being 8.