Solve 41/4*31/2=

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{119}{8}=14.875$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 4 to get 16.

$$\frac{16+1}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Add 16 and 1 to get 17.

$$\frac{17}{4}\times \frac{3\times 2+1}{2}$$

Multiply 3 and 2 to get 6.

$$\frac{17}{4}\times \frac{6+1}{2}$$

Add 6 and 1 to get 7.

$$\frac{17}{4}\times \frac{7}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{4} times \frac{7}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 7}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 7}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{119}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 17}{2 ^ {3}} = 14\frac{7}{8} = 14.875$$