Solve 15-10(1/4)

$$15-10( \frac{ 1 }{ 4 } )$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{25}{2}=12.5$$

Solution Steps

Multiply 10 and \frac{1}{4} to get \frac{10}{4}.

$$15-\frac{10}{4}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{10}{4} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$15-\frac{5}{2}$$

Convert 15 to fraction \frac{30}{2}.

$$\frac{30}{2}-\frac{5}{2}$$

Since \frac{30}{2} and \frac{5}{2} have the same denominator, subtract them by subtracting their numerators.

$$\frac{30-5}{2}$$

Subtract 5 from 30 to get 25.

$$\frac{25}{2}$$

Factor

$$\frac{5 ^ {2}}{2} = 12\frac{1}{2} = 12.5$$