Solve 4/12*9/8

$$\frac{ 4 }{ 12 } \times \frac{ 9 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{8}=0.375$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{1}{3}\times \left(\frac{9}{8}\right)$$

Multiply \frac{1}{3} times \frac{9}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 9}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 9}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{9}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{9}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{3}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.375$$