Question

Put in simplest form 8/15 × 5/6

Answer 1

8/15 x 5/6
•multiply across the numerator and denominator.

= 40/90
• then find a common factor that will go into both the numerator and denominator equally.

Common factor: 5

= 8/18
•there is another common factor, which is 2

Simplified:

=4/9