Solve 31/4*53/5

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{91}{5}=18.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 4 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+1}{4}\times \frac{5\times 5+3}{5}$$

Add 12 and 1 to get 13.

$$\frac{13}{4}\times \frac{5\times 5+3}{5}$$

Multiply 5 and 5 to get 25.

$$\frac{13}{4}\times \frac{25+3}{5}$$

Add 25 and 3 to get 28.

$$\frac{13}{4}\times \frac{28}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{13}{4} times \frac{28}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{13\times 28}{4\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{13\times 28}{4\times 5}.

$$\frac{364}{20}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{364}{20} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 4.

$$\frac{91}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 13}{5} = 18\frac{1}{5} = 18.2$$