Solve 61/4*2.5

$$6 \frac { 1 } { 4 } \times 2.5$$

Evaluate

$$15.625$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 6 and 4 to get 24.

$$\frac{24+1}{4}\times 2.5$$

Add 24 and 1 to get 25.

$$\frac{25}{4}\times 2.5$$

Convert decimal number 2.5 to fraction \frac{25}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{25}{4}\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{25}{4} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{25\times 5}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{25\times 5}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{125}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 ^ {3}}{2 ^ {3}} = 15\frac{5}{8} = 15.625$$