Solve 4/10*6/14

$$\frac { 4 } { 10 } \times \frac { 6 } { 14 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{35}\approx 0.171428571$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{6}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{3}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{3}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 3}{5\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 3}{5\times 7}.

$$\frac{6}{35}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{5 \cdot 7} = 0.17142857142857143$$