Solve 12/27*9/24=

$$\frac { 12 } { 27 } \times \frac { 9 } { 24 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{6}\approx 0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{27} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{9}\times \frac{9}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{4}{9}\times \frac{3}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{9} times \frac{3}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 3}{9\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 3}{9\times 8}.

$$\frac{12}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.16666666666666666$$