Solve 6/8*2/8

$$\frac{ 6 }{ 8 } \times \frac{ 2 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{16}=0.1875$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{6}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{2}{8}$$

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

$$\frac{3}{4}\times \frac{1}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{4} times \frac{1}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{4\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 1}{4\times 4}.

$$\frac{3}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {4}} = 0.1875$$