Solve 24/10*31/24

$$\frac { 24 } { 10 } \times \frac { 31 } { 24 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{31}{10}=3.1$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{24}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{12}{5}\times \frac{31}{24}$$

Multiply \frac{12}{5} times \frac{31}{24} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{12\times 31}{5\times 24}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{12\times 31}{5\times 24}.

$$\frac{372}{120}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{372}{120} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 12.

$$\frac{31}{10}$$

Factor

$$\frac{31}{2 \cdot 5} = 3\frac{1}{10} = 3.1$$