Solve 1/12div1/4*1/6

$$\frac { 1 } { 12 } \div \frac { 1 } { 4 } \times \frac { 1 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{18}\approx 0.055555556$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{12} by \frac{1}{4} by multiplying \frac{1}{12} by the reciprocal of \frac{1}{4}.

$$\frac{1}{12}\times 4\times \frac{1}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{12} and 4 to get \frac{4}{12}.

$$\frac{4}{12}\times \frac{1}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{1}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{1}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{3\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{3\times 6}.

$$\frac{1}{18}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 0.05555555555555555$$