The below solved example with step by step work shows how to find what is 2/3 times 7/8 or 7/8 times 2/3 as a fraction.
Solved Example:
What is 7/8 times 2/3 in fraction form?
step 1 Address the input parameters, values and observe what to be found:
Input parameters and values:
A = 7/8
B = 2/3
What to be found:
7/8 x 2/3 = ?
step 2 Arrange the fractions in the product
expression form as like the below:
= 7/8 x 2/3
= (7 x 2)/(8 x 3)
step 3 Check the numerator and denominator and cancel if anything cancelled each other:
= (7 x 2)/(8 x 3)
= 7/12
7/8 x 2/3= 7/12
Hence,
7/8 times 2/3 as a fraction equals to
7/12
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The result:
7/8 * 2/3 = 7/12 ≅ 0.5833333
Spelled result in words is seven twelfths.
How do we solve fractions step by step?
- Multiple: 7/8 * 2/3 = 7 · 2/8 · 3 = 14/24 = 7 · 2/12 · 2 =
7/12
Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(14, 24) = 2. In the following intermediate step, cancel by a common factor of 2 gives 7/12.
In other words - seven eighths multiplied by two thirds is seven twelfths.
Rules for expressions with fractions:
Fractions - use a forward slash to divide the numerator by the denominator, i.e., for five-hundredths, enter 5/100. If you use mixed numbers, leave a space between the whole and fraction parts.
Mixed numerals (mixed numbers or fractions) keep one space
between the integer and
fraction and use a forward slash to input fractions i.e., 1 2/3 . An example of a negative mixed fraction: -5 1/2.
Because slash is both signs for fraction line and division, use a colon (:) as the operator of division fractions i.e.,
1/2 : 1/3.
Decimals (decimal numbers) enter with a decimal point . and they are automatically converted to fractions - i.e. 1.45.
Math Symbols
+ | plus sign | addition | 1/2 + 1/3 |
- | minus sign | subtraction | 1 1/2 - 2/3 |
* | asterisk | multiplication | 2/3 * 3/4 |
× | times sign | multiplication | 2/3 × 5/6 |
: | division sign | division | 1/2 : 3 |
/ | division slash | division | 1/3 / 5 |
: | colon | complex fraction | 1/2 : 1/3 |
^ | caret | exponentiation / power | 1/4^3 |
() | parentheses | calculate expression inside first | -3/5 - (-1/4) |
The calculator follows well-known rules for the order of operations. The most common mnemonics for remembering this order of operations are:
PEMDAS - Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
BEDMAS - Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction
BODMAS - Brackets, Of or Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction.
GEMDAS - Grouping Symbols -
brackets (){}, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction.
MDAS - Multiplication and Division have the same precedence over Addition and Subtraction. The MDAS rule is the order of operations part of the PEMDAS rule.
Be careful; always do multiplication and division before addition and subtraction. Some operators (+ and -) and (* and /) has the same priority and then must evaluate from left to right.
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