Solve 12/3*25/8

$$1 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 2 \frac { 5 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{35}{8}=4.375$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 3 to get 3.

$$\frac{3+2}{3}\times \frac{2\times 8+5}{8}$$

Add 3 and 2 to get 5.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{2\times 8+5}{8}$$

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{16+5}{8}$$

Add 16 and 5 to get 21.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{21}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{3} times \frac{21}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 21}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 21}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{105}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{105}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{35}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {3}} = 4\frac{3}{8} = 4.375$$