Solve 1/500*7.5

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 500 } \times 7.5$$

Evaluate

$$0.015$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 7.5 to fraction \frac{75}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{75}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{500}\times \frac{15}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{500} times \frac{15}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 15}{500\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 15}{500\times 2}.

$$\frac{15}{1000}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{1000} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{200}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3}{2 ^ {3} \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.015$$