Solve: (3/2) × 1 × (1/3) - Step-by-Step Fraction Multiplication

Question

Solve the following exercise:

32×1×13= ? \frac{3}{2}\times1\times\frac{1}{3}=\text{ ?}

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve
00:03 Any number multiplied by 1 equals itself
00:08 Now let's multiply the fractions
00:11 Let's reduce what we can
00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

According to the order of operations, we must solve the exercise from left to right since it contains only multiplication operations:

32×1=32 \frac{3}{2}\times1=\frac{3}{2}

32×13= \frac{3}{2}\times\frac{1}{3}=

Then, we will multiply the 3 by 3 to get:

12×1=12 \frac{1}{2}\times1=\frac{1}{2}

Answer

12 1\over2