Solve 3/8*22/7

$$\frac { 3 } { 8 } \times 2 \frac { 2 } { 7 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{6}{7}\approx 0.857142857$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 7 to get 14.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{14+2}{7}$$

Add 14 and 2 to get 16.

$$\frac{3}{8}\times \frac{16}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{8} times \frac{16}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 16}{8\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 16}{8\times 7}.

$$\frac{48}{56}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{48}{56} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 8.

$$\frac{6}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 3}{7} = 0.8571428571428571$$