Solve 36/48*44/66*16/56

$$\frac { 36 } { 48 } \cdot \frac { 44 } { 66 } \cdot \frac { 16 } { 56 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{7}\approx 0.142857143$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{36}{48} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{44}{66}\times \frac{16}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{44}{66} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 22.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{2}{3}\times \frac{16}{56}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{2}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 2}{4\times 3}\times \frac{16}{56}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}\times \frac{16}{56}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{16}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

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

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

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

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{7} = 0.14285714285714285$$