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3/4 * 1/2 = 3/8 = 0.375

Spelled result in words is three eighths.

How do you solve fractions step by step?

  1. Multiple: 3/4 * 1/2 = 3 · 1/4 · 2 = 3/8
    Multiply both numerators and denominators. Result fraction keep to lowest possible denominator GCD(3, 8) = 1. In the next intermediate step, the fraction result cannot be further simplified by canceling.
    In words - three quarters multiplied by one half = three eighths.

Rules for expressions with fractions:




An asterisk * or × is the symbol for multiplication.


adding fractions: 2/4 + 3/4
subtracting fractions: 2/3 - 1/2
multiplying fractions: 7/8 * 3/9
dividing Fractions: 1/2 : 3/4
exponentiation of fraction: 3/5^3
fractional exponents: 16 ^ 1/2
dividing integer and fraction: 5 ÷ 1/2
complex fractions: 5/8 : 2 2/3
decimal to fraction: 0.625
Fraction to Decimal: 1/4
Fraction to Percent: 1/8 %
comparing fractions: 1/4 2/3
square root of a fraction: sqrt(1/16)
compound fraction: 3/4 of 5/7
fractions multiple: 2/3 of 3/5


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