Solve 5/6*41/2

$$\frac { 5 } { 6 } \times 4 \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{15}{4}=3.75$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 2 to get 8.

$$\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{8+1}{2}$$

Add 8 and 1 to get 9.

$$\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{9}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{6} times \frac{9}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 9}{6\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 9}{6\times 2}.

$$\frac{45}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{45}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{15}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5}{2 ^ {2}} = 3\frac{3}{4} = 3.75$$