Solve 55/8*12/5

$$5 \frac { 5 } { 8 } \times 1 \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Multiply 5 and 8 to get 40.

$$\frac{40+5}{8}\times \frac{1\times 5+2}{5}$$

Add 40 and 5 to get 45.

$$\frac{45}{8}\times \frac{1\times 5+2}{5}$$

Multiply 1 and 5 to get 5.

$$\frac{45}{8}\times \frac{5+2}{5}$$

Add 5 and 2 to get 7.

$$\frac{45}{8}\times \frac{7}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{45}{8} times \frac{7}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{45\times 7}{8\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{45\times 7}{8\times 5}.

$$\frac{315}{40}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{315}{40} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

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

Factor

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