Solve (0.5div1.25)*0.9

$$(0.5 \div 1.25) \times 0.9$$

Evaluate

$$0.36$$

Solution Steps

Expand \frac{0.5}{1.25} by multiplying both numerator and the denominator by 100.

$$\frac{50}{125}\times 0.9$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{50}{125} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times 0.9$$

Convert decimal number 0.9 to fraction \frac{9}{10}.

$$\frac{2}{5}\times \frac{9}{10}$$

Multiply \frac{2}{5} times \frac{9}{10} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{2\times 9}{5\times 10}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{2\times 9}{5\times 10}.

$$\frac{18}{50}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{18}{50} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{9}{25}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {2}}{5 ^ {2}} = 0.36$$