Solve 8.5*1/3

$$8.5 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{17}{6}\approx 2.833333333$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 8.5 to fraction \frac{85}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{85}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{17}{2}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{17}{2} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{17\times 1}{2\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{17\times 1}{2\times 3}.

$$\frac{17}{6}$$

Factor

$$\frac{17}{2 \cdot 3} = 2\frac{5}{6} = 2.8333333333333335$$