Solve 0.25:2/5

$$0.25 : \frac { 2 } { 5 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.625$$

Solution Steps

Divide 0.25 by \frac{2}{5} by multiplying 0.25 by the reciprocal of \frac{2}{5}.

$$0.25\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Convert decimal number 0.25 to fraction \frac{25}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{25}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 25.

$$\frac{1}{4}\times \frac{5}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{4} times \frac{5}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 5}{4\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 5}{4\times 2}.

$$\frac{5}{8}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5}{2 ^ {3}} = 0.625$$