Solve 24/5*11/2

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{21}{5}=4.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 2 and 5 to get 10.

$$\frac{10+4}{5}\times \frac{1\times 2+1}{2}$$

Add 10 and 4 to get 14.

$$\frac{14}{5}\times \frac{1\times 2+1}{2}$$

Multiply 1 and 2 to get 2.

$$\frac{14}{5}\times \frac{2+1}{2}$$

Add 2 and 1 to get 3.

$$\frac{14}{5}\times \frac{3}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{14}{5} times \frac{3}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{14\times 3}{5\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{14\times 3}{5\times 2}.

$$\frac{42}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{42}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{21}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 \cdot 7}{5} = 4\frac{1}{5} = 4.2$$