Solve 2/8*2/7

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{14}\approx 0.071428571$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{2}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{2}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{4\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{4\times 7}.

$$\frac{2}{28}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{28} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{14}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 7} = 0.07142857142857142$$