Solve 2/5*31/3

$$\frac { 2 } { 5 } \times 3 \frac { 1 } { 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{3}\approx 1.333333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 3 to get 9.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{9+1}{3}$$

Add 9 and 1 to get 10.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{10}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{10}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 10}{5\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 10}{5\times 3}.

$$\frac{20}{15}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{15} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{4}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{3} = 1\frac{1}{3} = 1.3333333333333333$$