Solve 1.62*1/3

$$1.62 \times \frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

Evaluate

$$0.54$$

Solution Steps

Convert decimal number 1.62 to fraction \frac{162}{100}. Reduce the fraction \frac{162}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{81}{50}\times \frac{1}{3}$$

Multiply \frac{81}{50} times \frac{1}{3} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{81\times 1}{50\times 3}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{81\times 1}{50\times 3}.

$$\frac{81}{150}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{81}{150} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{27}{50}$$

Factor

$$\frac{3 ^ {3}}{2 \cdot 5 ^ {2}} = 0.54$$