Solve 14/8*7*1/8

$$1 \frac{ 4 }{ 8 } \times 7 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{21}{16}=1.3125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+4}{8}\times 7\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Add 8 and 4 to get 12.

$$\frac{12}{8}\times 7\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{12}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times 7\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Express \frac{3}{2}\times 7 as a single fraction.

$$\frac{3\times 7}{2}\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Multiply 3 and 7 to get 21.

$$\frac{21}{2}\times \frac{1}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{21}{2} times \frac{1}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{21\times 1}{2\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{21\times 1}{2\times 8}.

$$\frac{21}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{2 ^ {4}} = 1\frac{5}{16} = 1.3125$$