Solve 12/3*39/10

$$1 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 3 \frac { 9 } { 10 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{13}{2}=6.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 3 to get 3.

$$\frac{3+2}{3}\times \frac{3\times 10+9}{10}$$

Add 3 and 2 to get 5.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{3\times 10+9}{10}$$

Multiply 3 and 10 to get 30.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{30+9}{10}$$

Add 30 and 9 to get 39.

$$\frac{5}{3}\times \frac{39}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{3} times \frac{39}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 39}{3\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 39}{3\times 10}.

$$\frac{195}{30}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{195}{30} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 15.

$$\frac{13}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{13}{2} = 6\frac{1}{2} = 6.5$$