Solve 1/2*0,4

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 0,4$$

Evaluate

$$0,2$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0,4 to fraction \frac{4}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{4}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

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

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

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

Cancel out 2 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{5} = 0.2$$