Solve +1/2*5/2+1

$$+ \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } \times \frac{ 5 }{ 2 } +1$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{9}{4}=2.25$$

Solution Steps

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 5}{2\times 2}+1$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{2\times 2}.

$$\frac{5}{4}+1$$

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{4}{4}.

$$\frac{5}{4}+\frac{4}{4}$$

Since \frac{5}{4} and \frac{4}{4} have the same denominator, add them by adding their numerators.

$$\frac{5+4}{4}$$

Add 5 and 4 to get 9.

$$\frac{9}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{2 ^ {2}} = 2\frac{1}{4} = 2.25$$