Solve 11/211/4

$$1 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } 1 \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{15}{8}=1.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 2 to get 2.

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

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

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

Multiply 1 and 4 to get 4.

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

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

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

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{5}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{3\times 5}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{15}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 5}{2 ^ {3}} = 1\frac{7}{8} = 1.875$$