Solve 2/5*111/8

$$\frac { 2 } { 5 } \times 11 \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{89}{20}=4.45$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 11 and 8 to get 88.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{88+1}{8}$$

Add 88 and 1 to get 89.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{89}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{89}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 89}{5\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 89}{5\times 8}.

$$\frac{178}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{178}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{89}{20}$$

Factor

$$\frac{89}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 5} = 4\frac{9}{20} = 4.45$$