Solve 2/4*34/8*8

$$\frac { 2 } { 4 } \cdot 3 \frac { 4 } { 8 } \cdot 8$$

Evaluate

$$14$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{3\times 8+4}{8}\times 8$$

Multiply 3 and 8 to get 24.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{24+4}{8}\times 8$$

Add 24 and 4 to get 28.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{28}{8}\times 8$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{7}{2}\times 8$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}\times 8$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 7}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times 8$$

Express \frac{7}{4}\times 8 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{7\times 8}{4}$$

Multiply 7 and 8 to get 56.

$$\frac{56}{4}$$

Divide 56 by 4 to get 14.

$$14$$

Factor

$$2\times 7$$