Solve 1.5*1/3

$$1.5 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.5$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 1.5 to fraction \frac{15}{10}. Reduce the fraction \frac{15}{10} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 5.

$$\frac{3}{2}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{3}{2} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{3\times 1}{2\times 3}$$

Cancel out 3 in both numerator and denominator.

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

Factor

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