Solve 4/9text{of}33/8

$$\frac { 4 } { 9 } \text { of } 3 \frac { 3 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{3}{2}=1.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 8 to get 24.

$$\frac{4}{9}\times \frac{24+3}{8}$$

Add 24 and 3 to get 27.

$$\frac{4}{9}\times \frac{27}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{4}{9} times \frac{27}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{4\times 27}{9\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{4\times 27}{9\times 8}.

$$\frac{108}{72}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{108}{72} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 36.

$$\frac{3}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2} = 1\frac{1}{2} = 1.5$$