Solve 1/8*2/3-1/12

$$\frac { 1 } { 8 } \times \frac { 2 } { 3 } - \frac { 1 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$0$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{8\times 3}-\frac{1}{12}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{2}{24}-\frac{1}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{12}-\frac{1}{12}$$

Subtract \frac{1}{12} from \frac{1}{12} to get 0.

$$0$$

Factor

$$0$$