Solve 16/44quad18/36

$$\frac { 16 } { 44 } \quad 18 / 36$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{2}{11}\approx 0.181818182$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{44} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{4}{11}\times \frac{18}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 18.

$$\frac{4}{11}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{11} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 1}{11\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 1}{11\times 2}.

$$\frac{4}{22}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{22} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{11}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2}{11} = 0.18181818181818182$$