Solve 1-sqrt{1/4}

$$1- \sqrt{ \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } }$$

Evaluate

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

Solution Steps

Rewrite the square root of the division \frac{1}{4} as the division of square roots \frac{\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{4}}. Take the square root of both numerator and denominator.

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

Convert 1 to fraction \frac{2}{2}.

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

Since \frac{2}{2} and \frac{1}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

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

Subtract 1 from 2 to get 1.

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

Factor

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