Solve 1/12*281/2

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 12 } \times 28 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{19}{8}=2.375$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 28 and 2 to get 56.

$$\frac{1}{12}\times \frac{56+1}{2}$$

Add 56 and 1 to get 57.

$$\frac{1}{12}\times \frac{57}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{12} times \frac{57}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 57}{12\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 57}{12\times 2}.

$$\frac{57}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{57}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{19}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{19}{2 ^ {3}} = 2\frac{3}{8} = 2.375$$