Solve 0.55*1/2

$$0.55 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.275$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 0.55 to fraction \frac{55}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{55}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{11}{20}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{11}{20} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{11\times 1}{20\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{11\times 1}{20\times 2}.

$$\frac{11}{40}$$

Factor

$$\frac{11}{5 \cdot 2 ^ {3}} = 0.275$$