Solve 42/3*61/8

$$4 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 6 \frac { 1 } { 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{343}{12}\approx 28.583333333$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 3 to get 12.

$$\frac{12+2}{3}\times \frac{6\times 8+1}{8}$$

Add 12 and 2 to get 14.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{6\times 8+1}{8}$$

Multiply 6 and 8 to get 48.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{48+1}{8}$$

Add 48 and 1 to get 49.

$$\frac{14}{3}\times \frac{49}{8}$$

Multiply \frac{14}{3} times \frac{49}{8} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{14\times 49}{3\times 8}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{14\times 49}{3\times 8}.

$$\frac{686}{24}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{686}{24} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{343}{12}$$

Factor

$$\frac{7 ^ {3}}{2 ^ {2} \cdot 3} = 28\frac{7}{12} = 28.583333333333332$$