Solve 31/3*12/3

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{50}{9}\approx 5.555555556$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 3 to get 9.

$$\frac{9+1}{3}\times \frac{1\times 3+2}{3}$$

Add 9 and 1 to get 10.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{1\times 3+2}{3}$$

Multiply 1 and 3 to get 3.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{3+2}{3}$$

Add 3 and 2 to get 5.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{5}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{10}{3} times \frac{5}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{10\times 5}{3\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{10\times 5}{3\times 3}.

$$\frac{50}{9}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 \cdot 5 ^ {2}}{3 ^ {2}} = 5\frac{5}{9} = 5.555555555555555$$