Solve 42/3*37/8

$$4 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 3 \frac { 7 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{217}{12}\approx 18.083333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 3 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+2}{3}\times \frac{3\times 8+7}{8}$$

Add 12 and 2 to get 14.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{3\times 8+7}{8}$$

Multiply 3 and 8 to get 24.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{24+7}{8}$$

Add 24 and 7 to get 31.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{31}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{14}{3} times \frac{31}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{14\times 31}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{14\times 31}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{434}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{434}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{217}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 \cdot 31}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 18\frac{1}{12} = 18.083333333333332$$