Question

What is 8/3 times 12/5

Answer 1

Answer: 6.4 In decimal form. 32/5 in fraction form.

Explanation:

So first times 8 by 12 which is 96

then, 3 times 5 which is 15

Simplify to 32/5

Answer 2

Answer: 32/5

Step-by-step explanation: When multiplying two fractions together, remember that we can cross-cancel.

In this problem the 12 and 3 reduce to 4 and 1.

So we have 8/1 · 4/5.

Next we simply multiply across the numerators and multiply across the denominators and we have our answer which is 32/5.