Solve 23/8*21/8

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{323}{64}=5.046875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+3}{8}\times \frac{2\times 8+1}{8}$$

Add 16 and 3 to get 19.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{2\times 8+1}{8}$$

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{16+1}{8}$$

Add 16 and 1 to get 17.

$$\frac{19}{8}\times \frac{17}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{19}{8} times \frac{17}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{19\times 17}{8\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{19\times 17}{8\times 8}.

$$\frac{323}{64}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17 \cdot 19}{2 ^ {6}} = 5\frac{3}{64} = 5.046875$$