Solve 21/4*2/9=

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 4 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+1}{4}\times \frac{2}{9}$$

Add 8 and 1 to get 9.

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

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

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

Cancel out 9 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}$$

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

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$