Solve 51/3*1/2

$$5 \frac { 1 } { 3 } \times \frac { 1 } { 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{8}{3}\approx 2.666666667$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 3 to get 15.

$$\frac{15+1}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Add 15 and 1 to get 16.

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

Multiply \frac{16}{3} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{16\times 1}{3\times 2}.

$$\frac{16}{6}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{16}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{8}{3}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {3}}{3} = 2\frac{2}{3} = 2.6666666666666665$$