Solve 1/20.2*5

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 2 } 0.2 \times 5$$

Evaluate

$$0.5$$

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.

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

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

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

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

$$\frac{1}{10}\times 5$$

Multiply \frac{1}{10} and 5 to get \frac{5}{10}.

$$\frac{5}{10}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$