Solve 13/422/3

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{14}{3}\approx 4.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 4 to get 4.

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

Add 4 and 3 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times \frac{2\times 3+2}{3}$$

Multiply 2 and 3 to get 6.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times \frac{6+2}{3}$$

Add 6 and 2 to get 8.

$$\frac{7}{4}\times \frac{8}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{4} times \frac{8}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 8}{4\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 8}{4\times 3}.

$$\frac{56}{12}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{56}{12} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{14}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 7}{3} = 4\frac{2}{3} = 4.666666666666667$$