Solve 0.5div7/8

$$0.5 \div \frac{ 7 }{ 8 }$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{7}\approx 0.571428571$$

Solution Steps

Divide 0.5 by \frac{7}{8} by multiplying 0.5 by the reciprocal of \frac{7}{8}.

$$0.5\times \frac{8}{7}$$

Convert decimal number 0.5 to fraction \frac{5}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{5}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{1}{2}\times \frac{8}{7}$$

Multiply \frac{1}{2} times \frac{8}{7} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{1\times 8}{2\times 7}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{1\times 8}{2\times 7}.

$$\frac{8}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{7} = 0.5714285714285714$$