Solve 11/614/12

$$1 \frac{ 1 }{ 6 } 1 \frac{ 4 }{ 12 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{14}{9}\approx 1.555555556$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 6 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+1}{6}\times \frac{1\times 12+4}{12}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{6}\times \frac{1\times 12+4}{12}$$

Multiply 1 and 12 to get 12.

$$\frac{7}{6}\times \frac{12+4}{12}$$

Add 12 and 4 to get 16.

$$\frac{7}{6}\times \frac{16}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{7}{6}\times \frac{4}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{6} times \frac{4}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 4}{6\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 4}{6\times 3}.

$$\frac{28}{18}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{28}{18} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{14}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 7}{3 ^ {2}} = 1\frac{5}{9} = 1.5555555555555556$$