Solve 6/9*3/8

$$\frac { 6 } { 9 } \cdot \frac { 3 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{4}=0.25$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{9} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{2}{3}\times \frac{3}{8}$$

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

$$\frac{2\times 3}{3\times 8}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{8}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$