Solve 3/4-3/8*1/2

$$\frac { 3 } { 4 } - \frac { 3 } { 8 } \cdot \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{16}=0.5625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 1}{8\times 2}.

$$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{3}{16}$$

Least common multiple of 4 and 16 is 16. Convert \frac{3}{4} and \frac{3}{16} to fractions with denominator 16.

$$\frac{12}{16}-\frac{3}{16}$$

Since \frac{12}{16} and \frac{3}{16} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{12-3}{16}$$

Subtract 3 from 12 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.5625$$