Solve 2/8*36/8

$$\frac { 2 } { 8 } \times \frac { 36 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{8}=1.125$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{36}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 9}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 9}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{9}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {3}} = 1\frac{1}{8} = 1.125$$