Solve 11/4*2/5

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

Evaluate

$$\frac{1}{2}=0.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 1 and 4 to get 4.

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

Add 4 and 1 to get 5.

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

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

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

Cancel out 5 in both numerator and denominator.

$$\frac{2}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{2}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{1}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{1}{2} = 0.5$$