Solve 24/8*31/4=

$$2 \frac { 4 } { 8 } \cdot 3 \frac { 1 } { 4 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{65}{8}=8.125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 8 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+4}{8}\times \frac{3\times 4+1}{4}$$

Add 16 and 4 to get 20.

$$\frac{20}{8}\times \frac{3\times 4+1}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{8} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{5}{2}\times \frac{3\times 4+1}{4}$$

Multiply 3 and 4 to get 12.

$$\frac{5}{2}\times \frac{12+1}{4}$$

Add 12 and 1 to get 13.

$$\frac{5}{2}\times \frac{13}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{5}{2} times \frac{13}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{5\times 13}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{5\times 13}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{65}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {3}} = 8\frac{1}{8} = 8.125$$