5 7/8 x (2 4/5 ÷ 7) AHH HELP I'M TO STUPID FOR THIS

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given the numerical equation:

5 7/8 x ( 2 4/5 / 7)

Solution:
In order to easily solve the given numerical equation, we simply equate the mixed numbers into decimals, one trick to do that easily is by focusing  on the fraction part, and adding its decimal value to the whole number.

 5 7/8

7/8 =0.875

= 5.875

2 4/5

4/5 = 0.8

=2.8

Equate the given values.

= 5.875 x (2.8/7)

=5.875 x 0.4

= 2.35

Final answer:
=2.35