Solve 2/8*2/9

$$\frac{ 2 }{ 8 } \times \frac{ 2 }{ 9 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{18}\approx 0.055555556$$

Solution Steps

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

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{2}{9}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{2}{9} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 2}{4\times 9}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 2}{4\times 9}.

$$\frac{2}{36}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{36} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{18}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 0.05555555555555555$$