Solve 31/315/8

$$3 \frac{ 1 }{ 3 } 1 \frac{ 5 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{65}{12}\approx 5.416666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 3 and 3 to get 9.

$$\frac{9+1}{3}\times \frac{1\times 8+5}{8}$$

Add 9 and 1 to get 10.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{1\times 8+5}{8}$$

Multiply 1 and 8 to get 8.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{8+5}{8}$$

Add 8 and 5 to get 13.

$$\frac{10}{3}\times \frac{13}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{10}{3} times \frac{13}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{10\times 13}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{10\times 13}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{130}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{130}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{65}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 \cdot 13}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 5\frac{5}{12} = 5.416666666666667$$