Solve 31/2*43/4=

$$3 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 4 \frac { 3 } { 4 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{133}{8}=16.625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{6+1}{2}\times \frac{4\times 4+3}{4}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{4\times 4+3}{4}$$

Multiply 4 and 4 to get 16.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{16+3}{4}$$

Add 16 and 3 to get 19.

$$\frac{7}{2}\times \frac{19}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{7}{2} times \frac{19}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{7\times 19}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{7\times 19}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{133}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 19}{2 ^ {3}} = 16\frac{5}{8} = 16.625$$