Solve 1/2*42/5

$$\frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 4 \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{11}{5}=2.2$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 4 and 5 to get 20.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{20+2}{5}$$

Add 20 and 2 to get 22.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{22}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{22}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 22}{2\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 22}{2\times 5}.

$$\frac{22}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{22}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{11}{5}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11}{5} = 2\frac{1}{5} = 2.2$$