How to solve this math equation 1 3/5 × 2 1/3=

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Answer 1

To answer this question let us first change the terms into complete fraction:
• 1 3/5 = ((5x1) +3)/5 = 8/5
• 2 1/3 = ((3x2) +1)/3 = 7/3
We can now multiply 8/5 by 7/3...in fraction multiplication the numerator is multiplied by the numerator and the denominator is multiplied by the denominator. In this case we can rewrite it as
(8x7)/ (5x3) = 56/15= 3 11/15.

 

Answer 2

first convert both numbers to a more usable format, thus the equation can be written as 1 3/5 x 2 1/3 = 8/5 x 7/3 = ?;

then, bearing in mind that when you multiply fractions you multiply together both the values in the numerator (above the line) and the values in the denominator (those below the line);

so, 8/5 x 7/3 = (8x7)/(5x3) = 56/15;

since there is no common factor for both 56 and 15, we can reduce the expression to simpler terms only by making the division, so the answer is 3 and 11/16; 

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