Solve 88-37/15div111/12=

$$88 - \frac { 37 } { 15 } \div \frac { 111 } { 12 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{1316}{15}\approx 87.733333333$$

Solution Steps

Divide \frac{37}{15} by \frac{111}{12} by multiplying \frac{37}{15} by the reciprocal of \frac{111}{12}.

$$88-\frac{37\times 12}{15\times 111}$$

Cancel out 3\times 37 in both numerator and denominator.

$$88-\frac{4}{3\times 5}$$

Multiply 3 and 5 to get 15.

$$88-\frac{4}{15}$$

Convert 88 to fraction \frac{1320}{15}.

$$\frac{1320}{15}-\frac{4}{15}$$

Since \frac{1320}{15} and \frac{4}{15} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{1320-4}{15}$$

Subtract 4 from 1320 to get 1316.

$$\frac{1316}{15}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2} \cdot 7 \cdot 47}{3 \cdot 5} = 87\frac{11}{15} = 87.73333333333333$$