Solve (3/12)(2/12)

$$( \frac{ 3 }{ 12 } )( \frac{ 2 }{ 12 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{24}\approx 0.041666667$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{2}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{1}{6}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{1}{6} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 1}{4\times 6}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 1}{4\times 6}.

$$\frac{1}{24}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 3} = 0.041666666666666664$$