Solve 53/6*0.2

$$\frac { 53 } { 6 } \times 0.2$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{53}{30}\approx 1.766666667$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.2 to fraction \frac{2}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{53}{6}\times \frac{1}{5}$$

Multiply \frac{53}{6} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{53\times 1}{6\times 5}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{53\times 1}{6\times 5}.

$$\frac{53}{30}$$

Factor

$$\frac{53}{2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5} = 1\frac{23}{30} = 1.7666666666666666$$