Solve 11/8*42/3=

$$1 \frac { 1 } { 8 } \times 4 \frac { 2 } { 3 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{21}{4}=5.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+1}{8}\times \frac{4\times 3+2}{3}$$

Add 8 and 1 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{8}\times \frac{4\times 3+2}{3}$$

Multiply 4 and 3 to get 12.

$$\frac{9}{8}\times \frac{12+2}{3}$$

Add 12 and 2 to get 14.

$$\frac{9}{8}\times \frac{14}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{8} times \frac{14}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 14}{8\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 14}{8\times 3}.

$$\frac{126}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{126}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 6.

$$\frac{21}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {2}} = 5\frac{1}{4} = 5.25$$