Solve 1/2div9/8

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } \div \frac { 9 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{9}\approx 0.444444444$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{1}{2} by \frac{9}{8} by multiplying \frac{1}{2} by the reciprocal of \frac{9}{8}.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{8}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{8}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 8}{2\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 8}{2\times 9}.

$$\frac{8}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{3 ^ {2}} = 0.4444444444444444$$