Solve 1/9*12/16

$$\frac { 1 } { 9 } \times \frac { 12 } { 16 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{12}\approx 0.083333333$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{16} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{9}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{9} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 3}{9\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 3}{9\times 4}.

$$\frac{3}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

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

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 0.08333333333333333$$