Solve 41/2*13/4

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{63}{8}=7.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 2 to get 8.

$$\frac{8+1}{2}\times \frac{1\times 4+3}{4}$$

Add 8 and 1 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{2}\times \frac{1\times 4+3}{4}$$

Multiply 1 and 4 to get 4.

$$\frac{9}{2}\times \frac{4+3}{4}$$

Add 4 and 3 to get 7.

$$\frac{9}{2}\times \frac{7}{4}$$

Multiply \frac{9}{2} times \frac{7}{4} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{9\times 7}{2\times 4}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{9\times 7}{2\times 4}.

$$\frac{63}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2} \cdot 7}{2 ^ {3}} = 7\frac{7}{8} = 7.875$$