Solve 2/100*3/12

$$\frac { 2 } { 100 } \times \frac { 3 } { 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{200}=0.005$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{50}\times \frac{3}{12}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{50}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{50} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{50\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{50\times 4}.

$$\frac{1}{200}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.005$$