Solve 5/6*51/3=

$$\frac { 5 } { 6 } \times 5 \frac { 1 } { 3 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{40}{9}\approx 4.444444444$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 3 to get 15.

$$\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{15+1}{3}$$

Add 15 and 1 to get 16.

$$\frac{5}{6}\times \frac{16}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{6} times \frac{16}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 16}{6\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 16}{6\times 3}.

$$\frac{80}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{80}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{40}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5}{3 ^ {2}} = 4\frac{4}{9} = 4.444444444444445$$