Solve 15/8*23/4

$$1 \frac { 5 } { 8 } \times 2 \frac { 3 } { 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{143}{32}=4.46875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+5}{8}\times \frac{2\times 4+3}{4}$$

Add 8 and 5 to get 13.

$$\frac{13}{8}\times \frac{2\times 4+3}{4}$$

Multiply 2 and 4 to get 8.

$$\frac{13}{8}\times \frac{8+3}{4}$$

Add 8 and 3 to get 11.

$$\frac{13}{8}\times \frac{11}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{8} times \frac{11}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 11}{8\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 11}{8\times 4}.

$$\frac{143}{32}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {5}} = 4\frac{15}{32} = 4.46875$$