Solve 5/4*0.2

$$\frac{ 5 }{ 4 } \times 0.2$$

Evaluate

$$0.25$$

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.

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

Multiply \frac{5}{4} times \frac{1}{5} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

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

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{1}{4}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2 ^ {2}} = 0.25$$