Solve 3/6*2/6

$$\frac { 3 } { 6 } \cdot \frac { 2 } { 6 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{6}\approx 0.166666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{2}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

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

$$\frac{1\times 1}{2\times 3}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} = 0.16666666666666666$$