Solve 5/402173/40

$$\frac { 5 } { 40 } 217 \frac { 3 } { 40 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8683}{320}=27.134375$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{217\times 40+3}{40}$$

Multiply 217 and 40 to get 8680.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{8680+3}{40}$$

Add 8680 and 3 to get 8683.

$$\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{8683}{40}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{8} times \frac{8683}{40} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 8683}{8\times 40}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 8683}{8\times 40}.

$$\frac{8683}{320}$$

Factor

$$\frac{19 \cdot 457}{2 ^ {6} \cdot 5} = 27\frac{43}{320} = 27.134375$$