Solve 100/300*6/8

$$\frac { 100 } { 300 } \cdot \frac { 6 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{100}{300} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 100.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{6}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

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

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

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

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

Factor

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