Solve 2/3quad12/16

$$\frac { 2 } { 3 } \quad \frac { 12 } { 16 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{3}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{3} times \frac{3}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 3}{3\times 4}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$