Solve 31/2*13/8

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{77}{16}=4.8125$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+1}{2}\times \frac{1\times 8+3}{8}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

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

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

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

Add 8 and 3 to get 11.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{11}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{2} times \frac{11}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 11}{2\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 11}{2\times 8}.

$$\frac{77}{16}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 11}{2 ^ {4}} = 4\frac{13}{16} = 4.8125$$