Solve =4/8*2*1/2*4/8

$$= \frac { 4 } { 8 } \times 2 \times \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times \frac { 4 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{4}{8} and \frac{4}{8} to get \left(\frac{4}{8}\right)^{2}.

$$\left(\frac{4}{8}\right)^{2}\times 2\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}\times 2\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Calculate \frac{1}{2} to the power of 2 and get \frac{1}{4}.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times 2\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} and 2 to get \frac{2}{4}.

$$\frac{2}{4}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

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

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

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

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$