Solve 1/9*5/2+8

$$\frac { 1 } { 9 } \times \frac { 5 } { 2 } + 8$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{149}{18}\approx 8.277777778$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{9} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 5}{9\times 2}+8$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{9\times 2}.

$$\frac{5}{18}+8$$

Convert 8 to fraction \frac{144}{18}.

$$\frac{5}{18}+\frac{144}{18}$$

Since \frac{5}{18} and \frac{144}{18} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{5+144}{18}$$

Add 5 and 144 to get 149.

$$\frac{149}{18}$$

Factor

$$\frac{149}{2 \cdot 3 ^ {2}} = 8\frac{5}{18} = 8.277777777777779$$